Cornell at Navy

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 12, 1944, page 1

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  MIDDIES BLAST CORNELL, $50 BALTIMORE. Nov. II. -P)- Nays one-tWo punch duo Of Bias tin Bob jenkins and Smackem Clyde Scott hit Cornell with a fur ious battering attack in the open ing minutes today to score pair Of touchdoWns, leaving the Big Red eleven dizzy and helpless before stream of substitutes who gave the Midshipmen a 48 to 0 triumph over the Ithaca team. The uneven battle was only min utes old when Navy scored the first Of seven touchdoWns. Cornell chose to kick off and Jenkins, Scott and company never relinquished the ball in a 67-yard down field march. jenkins tossed 15-yarder to Bar ron, and completed another aerial to Scott for rs. Running like a streamlined locomotive, Jenkins powered to the 10 and then tossed a pass to Ben Martin for the score. Allan Dekdebrun, who literally played his heart out against insurmountable odds before he was hurt and carried off the field in the Sc cond half, took to the air at once, apparently figuring there was lit tie point in cracking up against Nays great line. Jack Martin, Navy center, leap ed high to spear the Cornell star S first toss on the Ithacan’s 81. racing back to the e. Warming to the task, jenkins, with Scott plunging once. blasted through to the vineyard line in five plays. Jenkins then slipped through for the score.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 12, 1944, page 15

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  Navy Outclasses Cornell, %-O Score in All Except Second Period BALTIMORE, Nov. II up Nays mobile MidShipmen pa raded four sets of backfieldS against the outclassed Cornell Reds today, but at the finish Of the az 10 0 rout the name of one gangling Alabaman. Bob Jenkins, stood out above all the rest Of that host of ball runners as an ALI America candidate. Fresh from last weeks romp against Notre Dame. the MiddieS were invincible in acknowledging the Big Red for a total of 433 yards gained from scrimmage good for seven touchdowns, two of them scored by jenkins. The massive Navy line held Cornell TO a 20-yard rushing deficit.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 13, 1944, page 2 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES FOuOWlQS dIt lllC liAletA oNOi SS “ leading football games played ovel the weekend: Notre Dame 0; Army 59 Illinois 0; Michigan 15. Yale 13; Brown o. Navy 48; Cornell 0. Michigan State 33 University o1 Maryland 0. Cherry Point Marines ‘, Bain- bridge 50. Colgate IS; Holy Cross 19. Swarthmore 2l; New York Uni versity 0. U. S. Coast Guard 19; Dart mouth 0. Columbia ‘; Penn 35. Franklin & Marshall 0; Ursinus 3. Penn State T; Temple 6. Bloomsburg Teachers O. Drexel 30. Alameda Coast Guard 2; St. Mary’s Navy 0. Virginia State 61; Lincoln Uni versity 0. Georgia 38; Florida 12. AAF ‘; Wichita University 13. College City of New York O.; Bucknell 73 Lehigh 0; West Virginia Il. Indiana IA; Minnesota 19 Purdue 27; Northwestern ‘. Iowa ‘; Wisconsin 26. Iowa State 19; Nebraska 6. PIT Boat Squadron 13; Harvard 0. Norwich 0; Connecticut IA. Presbyterian T; South Carolina 28. William & Mary 0; North Caro- lima 0. Mississippi 6; Alabama 34. Pittsburgh 19; Ohio State 54. Muhlenberg 6; Princeton 16. Rice T., Arkansas l2 .’ Oklahoma A & M l3; University of Texas 8. Texas Tech 0; Texas Christian IA Third Air Force 10; Great Lakes 12. Bunker Hill T; Iowa Seahawks 33. Lafayette 39; Rutgers 0. New Hampshire 19; Maine l4. Mississippi State 26; Auburn 21. Clemson ST; VIII 12, Duke 34 Wake Forest 0. Virginia 39; Richmond University 0. North Carolina 33; Georgia Navy Is. Clark ‘, Tennessee State 6. Florida A & M IA; Tuskegee 13. Miami 33; Ohio Wesleyan 20 Drake 3l; Missouri Valley 0. Kansas State Is; Kansas IA. Tulsa 51; Southwestern G. Texas A & VI 39; Southern Methodist 6. Missouri 2l; Oklahoma 21, tie. DePauW 6; Oberlin 0. Georgia Tech 34; Tulane ‘. UCLA ‘; California 0. March Field 28; Washington 0. Utah State B. Idaho, Southern Branch, T. Denver 41; New Mexico G. Utah 21; Colorado College 6. St. Mary’s Pre-flight 32; Alameda Coast Guard 13. Randolph Field 25 Maxwell Field Olathe, Kansas, Naval Clippers l3; Warrensburg Teachers l2. Fleet City Bluejackets 19; Ne vada 9 Louisiana Tech 0; Louisiana Normal 0, tie. Central Iowa IA; Luther T. San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots 13; College of Pacific 0. Milligan 20; Catawba 13.

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Navy leads 9–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.