Army vs. Navy

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1960, page 18

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  WIN, LOSE OR DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN The Magic Touch IN THE MIDDIEs’ dressing room after the thriller in Philadelphia Navy Secretary FRANKIE had asked players Anybody who does not want to go?” referring the Orange Bowl There was dead silence, but thinking about it on the train later unused aloud What would have happened lone dissenter spoke up? And the dsSenter was Joe Bellino?” AS matter of record Bellino was among the most eager to play one more game for Navy and in major bowl to boot Even If he wasn’t eager Joe isn’t the kind who would buck the majority But if -. well, II says here without Belino the Mddes would not be much Of bowl attraction or much of football team, either The stocky senior hafback from Wnchester Mass is one of the truly good ones only of this year but of this Stop Belino and you stop NAVY The trouble is that because of his multiple skls no team mas been able to contain him completely not Duke The Blue Devils alone kept him scoring but not from gaining well over 100 yards Army last Saturday was to discover Notre Dame did earlier in the season, that Beinos talents not confined to oense THERE is ABOUT BELLINO the same quality there was in another distinguished Italian named Joe DiMaggio. There were so many ways DiMag could beat you with his bat .. his fielding {. :. his arm his unfailng ability to take another base. This Is not to downrate Navy team, but the Mid shpmen can have no complaints about the breaks this Coming out of Philadelphia Stadium man remarked Navy could have lost four games Washington Notre Dame Duke (Which lost and Army Each time Navy got break and capitalized on it.” In the closing seconds of the Washington game the Midshipmen trailing 1412 when bad pass from the for 1914 victory Notre Dame, trailing Navy by AT knocking the door in the final minutes with third down and yard for first down situation on Nays courtyard line. The book called for straight power play up the mid die. Implausibly, Notre Dame sent Bob Scarptto on wide sweep to his left This great mistake for Bel limo moving up fast chased Scarptto all the way back the 1-yard line and nailed him with tackle that prob ably saved the day. BELLINO’S SEVEREST CRITICS point out that against Army gained ony” IS yards in 20 carries and that accounted for So of those yards 1t is true that yardage hard for Joe last Saturday but he cracked Armys defense when it had to be done. In that first period when the Cadets had the Middes pinned down the vineyard line after perfect outofbounds punt it Beno who took them off the hook Almost certainly it appeared the Tars would have to punt third fourth down and into the wind. That would give Army the ball perhaps the 80 35yard line. But the first play Belno sprang loose for that So yard dash. That one big play Joes second was for Nays first touchdown on courtyard rush. And the third the day wa of course, his interrogation the vineyard line of Blandas doordie pass with 26 onds to go. This one defensive gem than aoned his fail ure to gain more than three yards in the entire second half At that he was the only Navy back to gain at all for the Mddies actually minus two yards on total ofense in the final two periods THE 17–⁠12 THRILLER was not without the second guess, and both sides got it, When the game still was scoreess and Navy the Army 12yad line on third down, Coach Wayne Hardin replaced Beino with Vic Meyer move that stmped the press experts Meye, See WIN, LOSE OR DRAW, Page AIS

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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 65 since this game.