Princeton at Navy
Saturday, October 1, 1949 Share
Navy beat Princeton 28–7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 16–9–6.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°FAttendance 36,736
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 2, 1949, page 39
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Nuvy-Princeton were good to Navy’s Is. Then Kazmaier faxed an aerial and ran to the 8, but the Midshipmen braced and took the ball on downs on the I. I Almost Immediately, Navy presented Princeton with its first break. Powers huffed a long hand off from Zastrow and Tackle Holland Donan recovered for the IT, gers on Nays II. Three plays failed to gain, but on the final down Kazmaier hit Right End John Emery with pass to Navy’s 2 and Fullback Russ Mcneil, on | his second plunge, scored the touchdown. After Frank Reicners placement, it was TIA. Navy had two touchdowns called back during the game. In the opening period, with Navy on the Princeton 6, Bannerman raced around end to an apparent score, but the play was called back and Navy penalized for offside. AS Princeton pulled up to 14–7 in the second, Zastrow threw a pass to Bill Wilson, an end, for what seemed to be a 49-yard gain and | a. touchdown. This time Nays backfield was in motion and the play nullified. Navy asserted its running power early in the third quarter when lit took a punt by Kazmaier on its 81 and banged down to the enemy 26. Then, on a quick k-opening play, Vic Vine ran to the II. Zastrow missed Duff Arnold with a pass. | but Vine plunged to the and on fourth down Zastrow threw to Andersen for a touchdown. It made it 20–7. but that seemed | to be the clincher. Andersen had got the ball by maneuvering behind Fred Gloeckner and then Navy’s specialist, Drew, got the 21st point the real tough way. He kicked it legitimately and when Navy was penalized Is yards Tor personal foul he booted 1t from way out to make 1t 2l-7. | Early in the final period, Navy looked to be on the move once more when Zastrow again passed to Wilson, who was run out OF bounds on Princeton’s 2. But here Navy was called offside, the ball placed on the Tigers 81 and finally Navy punted. There were only 7 minutes. IL seconds of the game remaining when Navy took the ball on q punt on its 80 and began the final charge. Haun and a reserve full back named Frank Scolpino moved | the ball to the 2. then zastrow passed to Haun in the end zone for the final touchdown. Drew made it 28–7 and the Mid shipmen, long overdue. went home happy. Left end--Andresen. Frasier. Treadweli I.is Mensafi.e: etnsssasie&rssrssai., sea Davis, Ie.h, Left suard-Wagner. Mahoney. center-Bryson; Gambks. O%sns’ m.nd., Rish,tI gt,I. sqsIayHecIvss .1t,, conp:r S’0o’‘”‘‘‘ ~ 1 Hight vttte tsetieLHunt. Grass. oilchrist R,fhs h1seewd1ooiR end@Rysn, Bake. Wilson. cieav’ ouarterback-zastrow. Jones. Sinclair: Right halfback-Powers, Weeyer, sunGfis nfs Left halfback-Hauf’ sartuska’ vine ruilibaekMBannerman. Allison. Drew. seol pino. .n.v Left end-Bunnel, Harkins. McKenna Left tsckle-ponan. Buxton, Smith. CEN ccenterWcohn. Hiekok. Finney. Reichel. sisht gusIdEpsllin;, dEslsn,zos oTsiai6i; Riin. CLARK Risht end-Reed, Kurrus. Emery Cham sso,,’s: ss:vs1si 1Ki.,n,,s, Left halfbsek-Kasmsier. Mecandless iruSIIblaseikoPcTers. SIflssi Sesr Mcneil. M.nsan. Da vison. q, g.ys ...., i 9 Z u; Touchdowns-Navy: zestrow.. Banner man, Andersen, Hauff. Points after touch , ldowns-Drew (4). 2 Touchdowns-Princ Mcneil. Point < after touchdown-Reichel. d Navy. Prir First downs 4------- ~ lo Forward passes Attempted IS “a 0 Forward passes completed g ,,s

The Daily Alaska empire, October 3, 1949, page 6 (results column)
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ARMY, MICHIGAN TO MEET ON SATURDAY.; WEEKEND ROUNDUP (By Ufle ASSOCldJeQ FTeSSJ Army and Michigan, two of the nations college football titans, clash i, in an old time Donnybrook Satur- day at Ann Arbor. Although this probably will rate as the No. l fracas of the day several other tilts are calculated to hoist the tlood pressure. For in- stance: Texas and Oklahoma. Ohio State and Southern Califor- mia at Los Angeles. And down in Baltimore, re- juvenated Navy eleven tackles Duke. There are plenty of others on top, too. West Points new team, showing no signs of weakness through gradu- ation, plastered Penn State last week, APT. Michigan carved out a 27–7 verdict over Stanford Ohio State continued its high scoring antics by submerging In- diana, 46–7, and Southern Cali fornia had no trouble downing Washington State, 35–7. For the second week in row, Duke came through flying, pasting Tennessee 21–7. Navy’s young Mid shipmen overpowered Princeton, 28–7. Notre Dame polished off Wash ington 27–7. Minnesota entertains North western in one of the mid-west’s major frays. Minnesota sank Ne braska, 28–6, last week, while Pittsburgh scored the days major upset by knocking off Northwest ern’s Rose Bowl champs, l6–7 In the deep South, Tulane rolled over Georgia Tech, 18–0. North Carolina took a 21–14 ver- dict over Georgia. In the Southwest, Southern Methodist remained among the un- beaten by outlasting Missouri, 28–27 FROM CHICAGO William D. Burke of Chicago is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 59% to win. Navy won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Princeton–Navy gamePrinceton leads 18–12–6 in 36 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1984 | Navy 41, Princeton 3 | |
| 1983 | Navy 37, Princeton 29 | |
| 1953 | Navy 65, Princeton 7 | |
| 1951 | Princeton 24, Navy 20 | |
| 1950 | Princeton 20, Navy 14 | |
| 1949 | Navy 28, Princeton 7 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. PennsylvaniaOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonPrinceton in 1949
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. DukeOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonNavy in 1949
- ProgramNavy history and records

