Navy at Columbia

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  Evening star, October 6, 1946, page 26

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  Columbia Trims Novy, % to ID On | 16-Point Rally in Last Half NEW YORK, oct. 5.-A Navy eleven that gave a commendable performance Of Lion tanning in the first half Of its game with Columbia today, lost its whip In the second and In the resulting scramble went down to its first defeat of the season, 23–⁠14. The Lions, of to a roaring start in Q .73-yard foray for touchdown after taking the opening kickon, had been gentle, almost docile, under Nays expert handling the rest of the first two periods. But CO. |lumbia, envisioning Its first win over Navy since 1899, went on scoring rampage. Navy, which had led 14–⁠7 at iaalftime, WAS powerlesS to curb III / A shirt -sleeved, standing room only crowd Of 5000 saw Prof. Lou Little’s smoothly -puVring pupils punch over the tying touchdown In the third period, and add another six-pointer and q game-clinc ching field goal in the final quarter. It was a doubly sweet morsal for Little because 1t was Nays coach, Capt. Tom Hamilton, who kicked a field goal to beat Little’s 1926 George town eleven, 10–⁠7, at Annapolis. Navy’s Efforts Futile. Navy struggled flIriously but futilely to bring itself to even keel, but the situation was completely out of hand In the final period. Lou Kusserow and Ventan YAH lonsh did all of Columbia’s scoring, and Gene Rossides, the Lions highly-touted star. played an i’m portant role in the victory. But one of the most important cogs in the backf1eld was Jack Nork, q stocky youngster from Shenandoah, Pa. Listed In the program as a 178-pounder, Nork generated the power that kept Columbia moving toward its second score when Navy’s line shackled his better known mates. He was q S to Is yard threat every time he got his paws on the pigskin. Statistics give Columbia the edge, but Navy actually might have won the game and had something to spare but for q couple Of bad breaks. They forced Hamilton’s crew to take the risks while Co lumbia laid back to wait for the breaks, breaks that came and were converted into victory. The first occurred early In the third period when Navy set sail from its own SO to Columbia’s 10 yard line. Bill Hawkins then plowed through to the 1-yard line. Six points for. Navy seemed in eyitable. But instead, the Tars drew an offside penalty and when the Lions refused to yield, Newby Smith tried a 21-yard field goal that was wide. Turning Point Of Game. The real turning point Of the game, however, occurred near the end of the same period when Navy

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 6, 1946, page 1

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  COLUMBIA BEATS MlDDIES, 23-l4 First Victory Over Navy For Winners Since 1899 NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-R-Columbia made speed and alertness pay off to the tune of a 23-to-14 victory over a favored and apparently stronger Navy football team today to gain it’s first triumph over the Midshipmen since 1889. Startling a sellout crowd of 49, 900 by the speed of their come back, the Lions, apparently OVER powered by Nays reserve strength, rallied to tie the score late in the third quarter and then took advantage of two Navy lapses to score nine points in the final period. The Midshipmen, strong, but awkward and Lnpolished, apparently were wearing down the undermined Columbia squad when they took a 14–⁠7 lead in the first half and barely missed scoring another touchdown early in the third period. But all of a sudden Lou Kusserow broke through Navy guard on a tricky TT formation play and before the Columbia offense was checked the Lions had scored the tying touchdown. They got a break on this drive when Navy was offside on the play when Jack Nork failed to score from the one-foot mark on fourth down. Columbia was given another chance and Kusserow made ii good.

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Navy leads 13–⁠9–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the nine since this game.