Army at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, November 16, 1952, page 69

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  Army Tops Penn in Mud, 14–⁠13, With Score in Last ~ Seconds PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Is. - Army’s attack, spanked by Bill Purdue and Freddie Attaya and well fabricated by mud, scored a touchdown in the final “A Sec onds today to upset Pennsylvania, 14–⁠13. It was Purdue, better known as a sprinter and a hurdler on the track team. who pulled the game out with a touchdown. Rex Shain booted the soggy ball between the goal posts for the win ming point. Penn’s Carl Sempier failed to make his second conversion after Penn had scored two touchdoWns in the first quarter when the Slip perry ball, coming back from CEN ter, hit the ground and the holder couldn’t set it UP in time for Sem piers kick. That one point was the difference in game played in a drenching rain on a muddy slippery field. The rain also held Penn’s homecoming crowd te about 10000. Penn got off to a quick start while conditions were compare lively comfortable. In the first quarter Joe Varaitis plunged over for a touchdown on the 10th play of a drive that carried SIS yard: and Sempler converted that time A 14-yard pass from Glenn Adams to Bill Deuber produced the Sec ond Penn score in the same quarter climaxing a 49-yard march. After that, it was Army’s game most of the way. After turning back the third Penn scoring threat the Cadets opened up with risk! but successful passing and RUNNING attack from their own 20. Quarterpack Pete Vann pitched a 35 yard pass which Bob Mischal gathered in on the Penn 40. At taya, who was the best Arm, gamer, played a strategic role i taking the ball as far as the Is From ther Mario Delucia slante’

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