Army at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, November 14, 1948, page 42

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  Cadets Stage 73-Yd.Attack ToDownPenn West Pointers Tally In Last 30 Seconds For 1870 Victory PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13-With the clock ticking off the final 80 seconds and an inspired Penn eleven holding a 20–⁠19 lead, Army’s desperate Black knights uncorked a 15-yard pass today to. remain the East’s only major unbeaten team in one of the most thrilling struggles ever seen in Franklin Field Army won 26 to 20. A bowling crowd Of 78,205 had just watched squat Halfback Ray Dooney of Atlantic City run AZ yards through the Army team to send Penn ahead when the Cadets, as If awakening from bad dream, staged sensational 73-yard drive to pull the tenth game between the rivals out Of the fire. Turns From Goat to Hero. Arnold Galiffa, tall, raw-boned Army quarterback who had been the goat of the battle with costly fumbles and intercepted passes, emerged as the hero when he engineered the march and threw the payof aerial on third down to Left End Johnny Trent of Memphis. 1t was a forced march such as is not often seen. Only two minutes and so seconds remained as Army got possession of the. ball when Penn punted out on the Cadets 27. The sheer speed and deception of the Black knights in the next two minutes and 20 seconds was amazing. They required only seven plays under the greatest pressure to do the trick, robbing Penn of what seemed Ger tain to be great upset. There never was a moment when the capacity throng was able 70 relax. Three times the lead changed hands, Penn holding TO, 14–⁠13 and 20–⁠19 leads and Army tying. at Z to 7 and forging ahead, 1914. In addition to their 73-yard VIC tory thrust, the Cadets also struck II yards on four plays in only a minute and 20 seconds and saw Halfback Bobby Stuart run 103 yards to score with a kickoff. Freak weather may have played a part. The game opened under ideal conditions, but midway in the first period it began to blow and rain. quickly making ball and field slippery and treacherous. Penn had punted out on Army’s 10 as the rain began to fall heavily. On a handof play, Galiffa, who halls from Donora, Pa, fumbled and Dolph Tokarczyk, a Penn guard, recovered on Army’s 18. The Quakers drove Is yards on three plays, reaching Army’s 8, where the Cadets braced. They held Donney to a yard and, on the next play, Francis Bagnell, Penn quarterback, fumbled and the Black Knights apparently recovered. OFF, cials ruled the whistle had blown, however, and it remained Penn’s ball on the two. Penn Goes in Front. Then Bagnell tried an end run and was yard short. On fourth down, Dooney, five feet, eight inches and 200 pounds, threw jump pass to Right End Bob Sponaugle for touchdown. Herb Agocs kicked and 1t was TO in favor of Penn. ! Still no upset loomed, especially when the aroused Cadets received the next kickoff. Starting on their %, Army got back into the game when Stuart fhit the line for two yards, Calling (See ARMY, Page Bed

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  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, North Carolina, November 14, 1948, page 1 (results column)

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  New York, Nov. 10 - up – Touchdowns were as scarce as diamonds in a junk heap today for Notre Dame, Army, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Kansas and Southern Methodist of college footballs reigning family but all got enough markers to win except the two southern elevens. In contrast Michigan, North Carolina, Duke, California, Penn State and Ohio State clicked off seven pointers with the regularity of robots for lopsided vic tories. A pair of unknowns brought Notre Dame the touchdown il so desperately needed to sub due Northwestern, IL to 7. The fourth period score was the resuit of the combined efforts OF Bill Gay and John Landry. The game was the 26th in a row without defeat for Notre Dame but it also proved that the Big Nine team was worthy Rose Bowl candidate. Arnold Galiffa’s touchdown pass to John Trent with 80 sec onds to go permitted Army tc continue its unbeaten way with a 26 to 20 verdict over Penn sylvania. Alabama turned a tumble and an intercepted pass into the two touchdowns it needed to defeat Georgia Tech, i to IL, and Mis- 81 sippi simply outsped Tennessee, Is t. 10, although the decisive points came on a safety. Southern Methodist’s great Doak Walker kicked the two extra points that gave his club a IA to IL verdict over Arkan. sas, whose Clyde Scott was car ried from the field in the first quarter. But it was different at other gridirons. Michigan annihilateo Indiana, 81 to 0; Ohio State smothered Illinois, “a to Z North Carolina, with Charlie Justice held in check on the ground, drubbed Maryland, ir the air, 40 to 20; California scalped ashington State, “A te IA; Duke dumped George Wash ington, e. to 0; and Penn State handled Temple, Al to 0. In between the two .extemes there were such thrillers as Cornell’s q to 26 victory over Dartmouth; Yale’s rugged dis play before losing to Princeton 20 to IA; Pittsburgh’s 20 to II conquest of Purdue; Clemson’s 81 to IA triumph ov.’ Wake Forest that kept the Tigers unbeaten and in the bowl water front. Georgia, with Johnny Rauct doing the passing, spilled Au’ burn AZ to IA, for its fifth Southeast Conference victory

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Army leads 13–⁠4–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the nine since this game.