Army vs. Navy

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1963, page 109

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  Navy Wins 21–⁠15; Goes to Bowl Clock Kills Army Bid at 2; Stichweh, DonneIIy Star the 26. but then had to kick on fourth and 10. Dick Peterson kicked to Orr on the Navy ~. He ran it back to the Army Al and the Cadets were penalized to their 80 on a personal foul. Staubach hit Gary Kellner with a perfect touchdown pass. but the Middies we’re penalized back to the Al. Staubach tried to pass but instead ran to the 38 where 1t became third and is. His pass intended for Donnelly fell in complete and now 1t was fourth and Is. Navy however, instead Of kicking or attempting a field goal. went for it. Staubach flipped a little pass over the left side to John Sal who was hit at the 26, but somehow managed to keep his balance and drove for the first down at the Army IL. Sal lost a yard to the II and then Staubach carried to the three when his pass pattern broke down. Donnelly slipped through a hole in the line for the touchdown. Marlin converted and the score was tied, TT. Army had one more chance at a score in the first half as the Cadets recovered a Kip Paskewich tumble on the 26. Three plays gained nothing and Heydt was short on a Al yard field goal attempt with six seconds left The Middies ran a time killing play into the line. Navy Drives 80 Yards Navy moved ahead, 14–⁠7, with TIA left in the third period after Army’s first series failed. Taking over on the 20 when Peterson’s punt went into the end zone for a touch back, the Middies moved the 80 yards in II plays. Donnelly played a key role / in this series, ripping off runs of 10 and 16 yards as the Navy | line rent huge holes for him. After reaching the five, / Staubach rolled around his left end but was stopped just inches short of the touchdown Sal tried his familiar leap ovel the line, but Army was there waiting and he failed to gain Donnelly punched his owl hole in left guard to put tn, . Middies ahead. : Army’s next series failed again and then it looked al if Navy would settle the issue quickly, but it was not to be. On fourth and four from the Army 81, Staubach was hit in his own backfield, but still got off a pass which was intercepted by John Seymour. Army Stopped at The Cadets pushed from their own “a to the Navy eight and the wicket was getting sticky. But with fourth and inches for a first down. Wal drop tried to skirt inside his right end and was met in his backfield by Donnelly, who had come in from his linebacker post, slipped by a blocker, and cut down Waldrop. Navy took over on its own nine and went 91-yards for the touchdown. Donnelly ran from the nine to the % on the first play and from the Army 20 over the goal on the last. Another 30-yards were eaten up by personal foul penalties against the Cadets. With GIG left, Army took over and went from its own As after Waldrop’s 36-yard kick off return. 1t took nine plays to eat up those 52-yards and put Army within six points of Navy. This set the stage for the onside kick that almost resuited in a miracle in South Philadelphia. NAVY ----------- o : : 7–⁠2I ARMY ----- 0 0 SIS Army-stichweh 10, run lHeydt kick

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, December 9, 1963, page 3

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  Navy Squeezes Army in 2l to l5 Victory A 91-yard march gave Navy what proved to be the winning touchdown in the last quarter. Then, Army went to work. The Cadets went 52 yards in seven plays with StichWeh going over from five yards out and added a two-point conversion on a run. They then tried an onside kick and it worked with StichWeh re- covering at Navy’s 49. The Cadets kept marching toward the Middle goal line. But at the tWo-yard line, the clock ran out before they could get off another play.

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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 62 since this game.