Maryland at Navy

Saturday, November 9, 1963

No. 4 Navy beat Maryland 42–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Navy led the series 13–⁠4.

AwayMaryland3–⁠7 in 1963
7
Home4Navy9–⁠2 in 1963
42

FinalAttendance 30,035

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NAVY

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1963, page 1

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    NAVY Amid the gasps Of wonder and open-mouthed bewilderment as Roger Stsubach went into his Mandrake act Saturday. Coach Wayne Hardin. al though Impressed, was not shocked. Hardin, who saw his Middies completely outclaSs Maryland, 42–⁠7, has almost come to expect such things of his raw boned junior quarterback. Hes done that before” Hardin said of one play that must have made even the most dedicated Maryland fan applaud. Navy was driving to its fourth touchdown, near the end of the first half. The Mid dies had the ball on the Mary land II, fourth and seven, and it appeared that the TerpS had a good chance to stop the drive. Staubach faded to pass, couldn’t find anyone open and then threaded his way through what looked like the entire Maryland team for an apparent touchdown. However, Navy was penalized for holding and the ball was moved back to the 80, fourth and %. Every one Of the 30.035 spectators in y-Marine Corps Stadium may have writ ten the drive off as a missed opportunity but Staubach hadn’t. And neither had his specially schooled receivers. Follows advice” When Staubach took the center snap and began his nor NAL nomadic wanderings through his backfield. End Gary Kellner remembered q lecture from the Navy coaching staff: IF you’ve run your pat tern and Roger hasn’t thrown the ball, run another pattern because sooner or later he’ll throw to somebody” 1t looked awfully late when Staubach had moved from the Maryland 80 to the Navy As, but that was merely an illusion. He finally spotted Kellner run ming across the field toward the East sideline. Staubach threw, KellnerI caught and the ball was on the Terp six, first and goal. IT thought they were both pretty good plays” Hardin said of the touchdown that was called back and the play that set up the score-eventually. He did something like t h a t against Pitt in the oyster Bowl last year. He had a touchdown called back and took it in on the next play” InterceptiOn Important This was the principal conversation piece as the crowd filed out Of the stands, because in a 42–⁠7 rout there’s not much to discuss in the way Of COM pairing teams. 1t was the big play, but rot the key play. How could there be one in a game that at one time was 1902 The closest anything came to earning that kind Of label was Fred Martins interception of a Dick Sinner pass in the first period. This gave the Middies the ball on the Maryland 40 and set up the first of the Mid dies touchdowns. 1t came after the Terps had stopped Navy cold-wit hout even a firs t down-the first two times the Middies had the ball. Sinner Looks Bad Maryland stopped Navy only once more in the first half and three times in the second. And speaking of first downs, Nays defense contained MARYLAND SO

  • The The chronicle's story: Bowl Picture Taking Shape

    The chronicle, Mississippi, November 11, 1963, page 1 (results column)

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    Bowl Picture Taking Shape 1t looks like Jolly Roger Staubach is going to sail the good ship Navy straight into Dallas for a New Years engagement against the land forces Of Tex as in the Cotton Bowl. What would be one of the most attractive bowl pairings in the college football ranks came closer to reality Saturday when Staubach passed the fourth-ranked Middies to a 42–⁠7 trouncing Of Maryland and top ranked Texas kept its perfect record intact by beating Bay lor, 70. Navy can insure a bid by dis posing Of Duke next Saturday and arch-rival Army Nov. 80 while the LonghornS would be in by winning one of their fl nal two games against Texas Christian on Saturday or Texas AIM Thanksgiving Day. The picture for the granddaddy Of all bowl games-the Rose Bowl-was a lot more muddled today although Washington is a good bet to win the host team role after overpowering Califor- MIA, 1926, Saturday. The HuSkles are on top of the Big Six with only weak UCLA and Washington State to come. Close On Heels The Big Ten, which tradition ally sends its champion to Pasadena, Calf, for the Rose Bowl has produced another close race. Michigan State, a $50 vic tor over Purdue, currently is setting the pace with a 4O-1 league mark and the eighth ranked Spartans can clinch at least a tie for the title by beat ing Illinois Nov. %. Close on the heels of the Spar tanS are Ohio State GOD and second-ranked Illinois GID, which dropped its first game of the season Saturday by a 1913 count to Michigan. The Buck eyes lost to Penn State, 1877, in a montague encounter. Ohio State has two conference games left against Northwest ern and Michigan while Illinois must meet Wisconsin and Mich igan State and hope for a slip by one of the leaders. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma and 10th-ranked Nebraska are head ing for an Oct. q climax at Lincoln for the Big Eight crown and a trip to the Orange Bowl. Nebraska, fresh off a 23–⁠9 vic tory over Kansas, first meets Oklahoma State next week and the Sooners, who toppled Iowa State, 24–⁠14, clash with Missouri. Other Strong Candidates The Southeastern Conference, which sent four representatives to bowl games last year, is back with several more potent candidates. Third-ranked Mississippi, which enjoyed a 41–⁠0 rout over Tampa, is leading the race with a meeting against weak Tennessee coming up next week. Other top contenders are fifth ranked Auburn which dropped from the list of perfect record teams by losing to Mississippi State, 1910; seventh-ranked Ala bama, which was idle, and Lou State, a 28–⁠14 winner over Texas Christian. Auburn and Alabama will clash Nov. 80 in what could be a meaningful game. Princeton, which along with Texas and Auburn were the only major college teams to boast perfect records going into last weekend’s action, went the same route as Auburn by suffering a 21–⁠7 upset loss to Harvard. Princeton still enjoys a half game edge in the Ivy League standings with a contest against 4 -. W. CT |

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Navy 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Navy leads 14–⁠7 in 21 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Maryland 17, Navy 14
2005Maryland 23, Navy 20
1965Navy 19, Maryland 7
1964Maryland 27, Navy 22
1963Navy 42, Maryland 7
1959Navy 22, Maryland 14

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