Navy at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 15, 1953, page 69

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  Aroused Columbia Gives Navy Rugged Fight Before Bowing u allowing .Columbia’s only touchdown, he was a hero in saving another. Early in the fourth period Carr passed to Mercier for AZ yards on Navy’s 13. Mercier was in the clear but Garrow’ brought him, down from behind with a desperation shoetop tackle. Carr passed to Ken Priore, who caught the ball just inside the sideline at the /, but on the following play Primer fumbled and Gattuso got Navy out of the jam with his recovery. Late in the fourth quarter Navy’s Hepworth broke through left guard and romped 81 yards into the end zone, but the play was nullif1ed when a Middle was detected holding. Columbia used only II players. Those who played so minutes were, in addition to Hampton and Carr. Tackles Ben Hoffman and John CaSella and Guards Fred Bucci and Neil Opdyke. NAVY Left end-Riester. Anderson. Byron. Left tackle-Perkins, Kozischek. Left guard-Eisenhauer. Textor. Center-Olson. Dutnell. Right guard-Aronis, Leach. Right tackle-Webster, Bendrick. Right end-Hopkins Fullam. | Observation-Disclosures. Welsh. Knots. | Left halfback--Hepworth. Garrow. Right halfback-~Monahan. Craig. Fullback-Gattuso. Padberg. COLUMBIA | Left end-Bonanno Seitz. Left tackle-Hoffman. | Left guard-Bucci. Center-Hampton. | Right guard-Opdyke. | s Right tackle-Casella. Right end-Hopp, wellington. Mooney. Quartefback-Carr. | e Left halfback-Giampietro, Mercier. | Right halfback-Pirner, Priore. Fullback-Nelson. Krebs. eolambla eoSS ------- : Z ga Navy scoring: Touchdowns-Craig. Monahan. Conversions-Textor (2). | Columbia scoring: Touchdown-Mer-

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