West Virginia at Navy

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  Evening star, October 4, 1941, page 3

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  Nuvy Continued From First Page } with the ball on its own “a Coach Bill Kern sent the Mountaineers’ starting eleven back in the game, with the exception of HelSinki. who came in in place of Schrader. McElwee’s quick-kick was blocked bv Opp. Vanguard recovering for Navy on West Virginias %. Werner and Clark gained yards in two plays and then Werner broke through tackle. lateraled to Clark on the l0-yard line. Clark cutting behind him and running over for a touchdown. Bob Leonard entered the game, converted the extra point from placement, and then retired to the side lines. Score, Navy 7. West Virginia O. After the kick-on the teams battered each other in mldfleld without apprecia BILE gains until the half ended. Third Quarter. West Virginia couldn’t gain after receiving the kick of and Schrader kicked to Busik on Nays As. Busik leaped high in the air and passed sharply TO Boothe. who took it on West Virginia’s 80 and ran IL more yards TO the 81. Three line plavs netted only seven yards. but on fourth down Bob Zoeller shook him self loose in the END zone and took Busiks floating pass for a touch down. Leonard’s attempted place ment was wide. Score: Navy, 10: West Virginia. o. A quick-kick by Busik went out SIDE on West Virginia’s 2-yard line Schraederis kick was almost blocked but ne got it of to Busik, who came BACK 8 yards to the Mountaineers’ 80. Cameron picked up yards on lake reverse and then drove for a first down on the lS. Boothe passed 8 yards to McTighe who ran to West V1rginla’s S. Busik crashed off right tackle for a touchdown. Leonard s KICK was wide again. Score: Navy. ls: West Virginia. o. Cameron broke off right tackle cut for the side lines and sped 81 yards before he was pushed out of bounds by McElwee on West Virginia’s 81. On a spread forma ton werner crashed through center for first down on the 10. Clark faded back and passed to Cutting in the end zone for touchdown. Leonard s conversion was good. The quarter ended as Werner kicked over West Vrginia’s goal line for a touchback. Score; Navy, rs; West Virginia, 0. Fourth Quarter. Navys line broke through on two successive plays to hurl West Virginla back to its 5-yard line. End Chesterlee mailing Bell on the sec ond attempt. buttons kick went only to the visitors %. After two plays gained S yards, Clark broke through right tackle and outsped two West Virginia men to the goal line for another touchdown. Leonard again converted. Score-Navy, SO; West Virginia, 0. On reverse from Joe Hunt, Bob Woods ran a yards for another touchdown, Ben Adams, Navy guard blocking out the last West Virginia defender on the yard line. Leonard again converted. Score-Navy. 40: West Virginia. o. There were no further tallies and that remained the final score.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, October 5, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Results Pittsburgh 0; Purdue 6. Colgate 7: Penn State 0. Michigan 6; Iowa 0. Northwestern 81, Kansas State 3 Penn 19. Harvard 0. Yale p; Virginia 10. Army 10; The Citadel 6 Duke 10; Tennessee 0. Cornell Is; Syracuse 0. Fordham 16; S.M.U. 10, Stanford FroSh 20; Long Beach &c Rochester l3; Cberlin 6. Coast Guard Academy 48; Wor cCStcr 0. Michigan g. Iowa 0. EastOn Lafayette 0 N. Y u. g. Ohio u. 0 Western Reserve :. Vermont 7; Trinity 8. Mass State 8; Connecticut 6 BoWdoin 13; Wesleyan 7. Shippensburg, Sc; KutztoWn 0. Columbia l3; Brown g. Notre Dame 10; Indiana 6, Navy 40 West Virginia 0. Union 0; Hobert 49, Holy Cross l3; Providence 0. Bates Z; New Hampshire 6. Colby 7; Norwich 81. Clarkson 20 ithaca o.

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Navy leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.