Cornell at Navy

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  Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 66

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  Substitute Runs Back Punt To End Scare for Middies BALTIMORE, Oct. 10. - A substitute halfback who hurdles for the track team put the Navy football team over a big hurdle here this sunny afternoon and the MiddieS went on to beat Cornell, 26–⁠6. The largest crowd-27, ,000-to see game in Baltimore since Notre Dame and Navy played before $4,000 fans in 1851 watched the Big Red from Ithaca, N. Y, throw a fright into the Midides before Bob Craig, track star, put them on the right track after 8 minutes of the second quarter. After that, it was a breeze as Navy took to the air and proved to the satisfaction of Coach Ed die Erdelatz and the fans that it does have a passing game. Joe Gattuso, Navy’s block busting fullback, scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and George Welsh, reserve quar-

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Navy leads 9–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the three since this game.