William & Mary at Navy

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1954, page 1 (results column)

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  Irish Beut Texas, 27–⁠0;;Novy,VIginio Win, but CIV Loses Notre Dame gave its new head coach, 26-year-old Terry Brennan, a tremendous sendof yes terday by trouncing Texas, the Southwest’s top-ranked team, 21-O. But the first big Saturday of the football season took a startling toll of teams rated with the Irish in the Nations top 10. No less than four of the “elite” Georgia Tech, Illinois and Michigan State. in addition to Texas-were @tumbled to defeat. Florida edged Georgia Tech, 1912; Illinois fell before Penn State, 14–⁠12, and Michigan State lost to Iowa, 14–⁠10. Navy got off to a fine start by walloping William & Mary. 27–⁠0, but Army was upset by South Carolina, 1920, Virginia beat Lehigh, 27–⁠21, but George Washington lost its second straight game. bowling to VMI, 1914. In other area games, Boiling Air Force Base took a big stride toward area service supremacy defeating Quantico, 25–⁠14; Howard took the measure of D. C. Naval Receiving Station. l4–⁠10. “Details in Sports Section.)

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Navy leads 35–⁠6–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.