Navy at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1956, page 1

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  Navy Smoshes All Over And Around Penn, 54–⁠6 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 81 Nays football. team finally found high gear today and smashed through. over and around Penn for a 54–⁠6 victory in Franklin Field. With 24.721 fans watching on a muggy, overcast afternoon. the Middies socked Penn with their worst defeat in a series dating back to 1888 which once was dominated by the Quakers. The previous record score was rolled up by the Middies two years ago when they won. 52–⁠6. When the gun sounded the end of the game. a big sigh OF relief went up in the huge arena Some feared Navy would score a point for every year since its founding by the Continental Congress on this date in IT’S The remnants of the bench, normally employed by a sympathetic coach for braking purposes. were in action on half of Nays eight touchdowns. NOtre Dame Is Next The victory was a sight for the sore eyes of Coach Eddie Erdelatz The Middies had beaten William g. Mary, Cornell and Cincinnati and lost to Tulane before today and in none of those games was Erdelatz able to relax. The good performance today. the type of competition notwithstanding. should put the Middies in a good frame of mind for

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Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the six since this game.