Navy at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1954, page 74

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  Fred Glatz, a 190-pound end at Pitt, was named the Associated Press lineman of the week today for his exploits that helped the Panthers knock Navy from the list of unbeaten college foot ball teams. Glatz was named by sports writer’s and broadcasters in the weekly balloting., Hugh Pitts, Texas Christian center, and Bruce Bosley, West Virginia tackle, also received high praise for their play against Texas A&M and Penn State, reSpeclively. GlatZ, e junior who prepped at Pittsburgh Central High, caught a 54-yard forward pass that set up Pitts first touchdown in the Panthers 21–⁠19 victory and followed through by recovering two Navy funbles to choke of threats by the Middies. He was strong defensively at other times too. It was Pitts who saved TCU’s 21–⁠20 victory over the Texas Ag. gies by blocking the try for extra point that would have tied the score. In addition he threw the key block when Jim Swink got loose for the 79-yard touchdown run for the winning score. Bosley played bangup 60

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Pittsburgh leads 22–⁠15–⁠3 in 40 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.