Navy at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 18, 1951, page 58

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  Navy Gets First 81 Victory, Again at CoIumbio’s Expense NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-Victorythirsty Navy again found an oasis in Columbia today. The Middies. tied by Yale in their opener. then beaten six straight times. FASH ioned a 21–⁠7 win over the Lions before $4,000 at Baker Field. 1t was Navy’s ninth triumph in six years, and three of these were at Columbia’s expense. Navy punctuated its offense with “a 75-yard touchdown sprint by Dean Smith and a 44-yard scoring dash by Vic Vine to beat Columbia for the third successive season and square a 19-game series with Iuine wins each and one tie. Navy’s sturdy defensive line, reinforced brilliantly by Line-backers Bernie Botula and Ted Kukowski, was instrumental in throttling Columbia offense which had averaged 10 points in winning four of six previous games. Mitch Price, the Lions lame

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