Navy at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 56

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  Middies Score Twice In Last 3 Seconds AS Columbia Bows score to 1877 and revive the hopes of it’s supporters. Field Goal Removes Pressure. With a possible 14–⁠13 defeat a possibility, two battalions of Mid shipmen breathed more easily when Roger Drew booted Is yard field goal to boost the score to 1877. Then they went into transports of joy as Columbia, gambling desperately, began to pass wildly in the closing seconds. Center Ted Kukowski intercepted the first one, thrown by Mitch Price, sophomore quarter back. and ran 10 yards for a touchdown with eight seconds left. On the next play after the kick off, Jack Gurski, Navy end, intercepted an aerial by Kermit Tracy and went 35 yards with a single. second left. Although Navy was bigger and temperedly harder competition, it took the Middies quite a while to get untracked. To the veteran Dave Bannerman they owed most of the continuity of their attack. Banherman, until two weeks ago a linebacker, led all ground-gainers with 155 yards in 26 tries, al most half a dozen yards a crack. frankie Hauff, with 1913 yards in “a tries, was no drawback and it was one of Quarterback Bob Zastrow’s better afternoons, too, with IA competitions in “a at tempts for net of 172 yards. Columbia’s best ball carrier, Howard Hansen, had to work to pick up Sc of the Lions net of 1913 yards by rushing, but the real star for the losers was Don Nc Lean. their senior end from Eucid, Ohio. He caught seven of the IL completed passes to bring his total for the season to 80 and break the schools record Of 81, set by Bill Swiacki in 1947. Both Teams Blow Chances. Navy failed to score in the open ing period after driving to first down on Columbia’s four-yard line. The Lions blew a. chance early in the second quarter when. after marching nearly the length of the field. Hansen fumbled on a f1rst-down plunge on Navy’s 13 and Bill Powers recovered for the Midshipmen on his six-yard line. Now the Tars roared back. led by Bannerman. One of his romps, a 32-yarder, put the ball on Co. lumbia’s four but still Navy failed to score. On fourth down. Drew faxed a field goal try from the 1S and Zastrow passed to Frank Attorney. who got only to the line. A scoreless half loomed until Navy led Columbia on the Lions A, took the ball on downs, and forthwith scored on five plays from 81 yards out. Two long passes from Zastrow to Powers and to Larry Treadwell put the ball inches away. and zastrow over. Drew kicked to make it TO. On the opening play after the second-half kickoff. Art Sundry. who later was dismissed for fight ing, along with Tackle Bill Wal lace. intercepted a pass by Tracy and ran to Columbia’s 36. Five plays later. Navy scored again, with Powers taking a pitchout and negotiating the last 10 yards. A Navy penalty on the extra point. forcing Drew to kick again from the 25-yard line, caused the place ment specialist to miss his first boot of the season. Pass Interference Called. Late in the third period, the Lions came to life again. A pass interference penalty moved Co. lumbia from it’s “a to its “A. Han

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