Army vs. Navy

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1954, page 71

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  Army–Novy Continued from Page CID who ran “a yards, and Craig took of for II more, putting the ball on Army’s Z. Welsh Hits Smith. Army stiffened against further running but a third-down pass from Welsh to End Bill Smith caught the West Pointers with their defenses completely down. Smith was in the end zone and it was Navy, IA; Army, 6. Only 2:02 of the period was used up. Navy, this time. went So yards on nine plays. If Navy got a break when Roger recovered Bells first period tumble, Army got a better one when Fullback Dick Guest, back to punt. fumbled the ball and Don Holleder, a real ALL American this afternoon, claimed it for Army on the Middies’ 8. It took only single play, Pat Uebel carrying behind typically good Army blocking to go across. When Chesnauskas kicked Sue cessfully it was 1913. Uebel Has Quite a Day. Uebel, who scored all three of Army’s touchdowns in last years 20–⁠7 victory. had quite a day for himself again this afternoon. What happened next was his doing and a shock for the fans, especially Navy’s. He caught a pass by Welsh, intended for Beagle, on the first play after the kickoff and ran it back to Navy’s 42-yard line. Army struck suddenly, with Vann passing to Kyasky for the score. When Chesnauskas added the point, it was West Points lead for the first and only time, 20–⁠14. Just as the Army partisans were prepared to accept this score as a criterion, Navy roared back just before the half. The Middies took a short kickoff-a deliberate onside hoot-on their Al. Then Weaver ran 26 yards and Welsh threw to end Jim Owen, who was knocked out of bounds on> the 1-yard line. Time was against Navy. but the problem was solved neatly. On a quarterback sneak. Welsh took the ball over on the first play. Weaver Clicks Again. Weaver’s kick again was good. so it was 21–⁠20. It must have looked as great on the national TV as the Spectacular” that it was, and down in New ORLEANS the bayou boys must have had their fingers crossed for the second half. Joe Gattuso, 81 years old, 1876 pounds and 5 feet 10 inches, all from Clarksboro, N. j., seemingly messed up a Navy drive early in the third period when the Middies moved from their 40 to Army’s 10, where Gattuso fumbled and Holleder recovered. But a few plays later Bell of Army muffed the ball and Gattuso, of all people, recovered. 1t led to the final score and nobody was used more in the 10-play, 59-yard drive than Cat tuso. In the big move-a 49, yard touchdown pass from Welsh to Smith-he did not participate so that fans could notice. but Gattuso had more than atoned for his tumble. A bad pass from center caused Weaver to miss the extra point that might have made it 1920 at this point. So, with it stand ing at 27–⁠20. Army and it’s explosive backfield remained a def mite threat in the final quarter Army Makes Final Pitch. Instead. Navy seemed ta ne en- route to a score when the Mid dies went down to Armys ~, where a second down pass by | Welsh was intercepted by Bill Chance on the and returned to the 8-yard line. Here it was that Army gave 1t | the big, final pitch. The Cadets moved the bah from their own 8 to Navy’s s. But on fourth | down, Gattuso. no less. broke up Vann pass designed to tie the game. There was more to Gattuso He was used with tr”oa :, which startled spectators, who / began to wondei it 10, being punished unnecessarily for that tumble. There was q bad moment late in the final / period. for instance. when Cat tuso had to kick out Of Q deer hole. The pass from center was pool la low. battle-ground dribblel

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Officially, Navy leads 64–⁠55–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠55–⁠7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.