Navy vs. Army

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  Evening star, November 27, 1949, page 1

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  Truman Sees Cadets Cruch Navy, SO to 0, Before 1O2,443 GoIiffo Leeds Army In Most Decisive Win In Service Grid Tits PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-A hard-driving, all-possessive Army football team. smarting under criticism for a weak schedule and a close squeak over the University of Pennsylvania, rose to unparal- leled heights today to bury Navy. $50, before President Truman and 102. .443 spectators and clinch its sixth Eastern championship in seven years. -. It never was a contest on this cold. windy afternoon, when the temperature was IS degrees when the game started and somewhat lower as it progressed and the score mounted. Never in the 50-year history Of the service rivalry was 1t more one sided and only once-back in 1903 when Army won. 20 to s. has an Army or Navy team scored so many points in a single game. Long before the game was over, numbed and disconsolate spec tators began leaving the huge Municipal Stadium. Thus did Army complete its (ContinIIed an Page B-1 Cel4.)

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Officially, Navy leads 64–⁠55–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠55–⁠7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.