Navy at Cornell

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1

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  Hord-Fighting Cornell Loses to Middies, 14–⁠0 Continued From Page CT while Oldham picked up ID yards on a sweep around end and Dick Dagampat. the little Ifullback of observation-disclosures descent, made 9 in two carries Paul Gober of Buck Run Pa. went wide to his left with the ball, as Dagampat went up the middle with nothing but decepton FOR the touchdown play covering 4 yards. Oldham kicked both extra points. The Forrestal- Oldham group thus more than likely moved back to the No. l status after giving way to the team quarter backed by Gus. Prahalis LAST week. The Prahalis outfit started and on four tries with the bal had to punt three times and lost out on downs on the other &C. casion. The Forrestal unit hac its troubles also, losing the ball on a tumble. losing it on downs on the Cornell q and Their knocking up against revitalized Cornell defense inches from the goal. The Middies had reason tC think they finally were going to make a firSt-half touchdown when Forrestal completed a 49, yard pass to End Wayne Mckee for a first down on the Cornell 5. At this point Coach Lefty James sent in flrst-string replacements in left tackle Roger Garrett. left guard Paul Boguski and center Tom Tin. At left end was Chuck Knight and on the right side were AL Suter, Dave Carl and Bob Blake. They held. Gober got 4 yards to the O. Dagampat 4 to the 2 and For restal was stopped a foot short. On fourth down the quarterback from Cleveland tried again to sneak over and was stopped in his tracks. That ended a drive that began on the Navy “a and it also sounded the end of the half. AS for the big Red offense, il was practically nonexistent after a very early drive that had Cor nell rooters in near-hySterics The Big Red went from its own “a to the Navy Is before the oftense begged down. A 17-yard pass from Quarterback Art b. land to Robertson was the big gamer. Boland’s passes, one for “a yards to End Dick Eales and another to End Chuck Knight for II yards. put Cornell on the Navy “a in the fourth quarter, but four straight passes failed at this point and the Middies took over. Oldham was the biggest individual ground gamer with 50 yards in six carries for an 81 average, while Forrestal COM pleted six of IL passes for LA yards. Robertson carried IL times for SO yards. Despite Nays use of its Sec ond team literally in the first and final periods, the Middle squad outplayed Cornell all the way. Navy racked up 81 first downs to II for Cornell and rushed 260 yards to 80 for the big Red. Only in distances of punts did Cornell have an edge, kicking an average of 31.7 yards to 1888 for Navy. Robertson as usual was the top carrier for Cornell with SO Yards

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Navy leads 9–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the two since this game.