VMI at Army

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 73

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  Army Shows Its Power, Crushing VMI, 32–⁠12 WEST POINT. N. Y, Sept. 20 R).-Army today unveiled a foot ball team with great potential but an inadequate pass defense and crushed outmanned Virginia Military Institute, 1912. E Halfback Dick Murtland scored three Army touchdowns, all on short plunges at the end of long drives down the field. He also did lot of running between scores. Sophomores Gene Nike lonis and Harry Walter made the others. The superb passing of Duke Johnston and the receiving and running of Bobby Jordan &C counted for the two VMI scores and made the Southern Keydets a real threat until the late stages

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Army leads 15–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the nine since this game.