Pittsburgh at Navy

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 27, 1912, page 11

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  Middies Stick to Line Plays and Beat Pittsburgh Pittsburgh player on the spot when the ball reached the earth. While the general work Of the Navy showed Improvement, II is still crude, judging by the showing to-day. The team not only fumbled badly, but 1t was repeatedly penalized for fragrant offences against the rules, though Pittsburgh did not escape scathless in this particular. In the first period the Navy lost a touchdown. and Pittsburgh scored by the rankest kind OF fumbling. After carry ing the ball from midheld by series OF line plays. Cook crossed the goal line and dropped II. Wagner kicked to Nays Is yard line, and Nichols fumbled on two successive tries to punt out OF danger. On the last Joyce dropped on the ball behind Nays goal line. The Navy scored on the first and second quarters, but in the last half honors were even. The lineup follows:

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 27, 1912, page 38

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  MIDDIES TRIM PITTSBURG, 1876 Naval Academy Takes Hard Battle from Smoky City Eleventh gram Looks Good. Annapolis. Oct. 26-In the first game of football ever played between the two institutions. the Naval Academy won from Pittsburg University here this afternoon by u to g. The game was hard fought and the Midshipmen showed Improvement over former games this season In working straight line plays. but they indicated that they have as yet q far from fin. ished team. The worst kind Of fumbiing this afternoon lost the Midshipmen q certain touchdown and also gave the visitors their own score two minutes later. While some Of the Navy backs, no. tablyS Ingram. yielded encouraging signs this afternoon. the Navy Is still without any back who IL capable Of really brilliant playing

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  The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., October 28, 1912, page 2 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES At Princeton, n. princeton %; Dartmouth 7. At Syracuse-Michigan Z; SYRIA cuse IS. At New Haven-Yale 10; Wash ington and Jefferson 3. At West Point-Army Is; Col gate 7. At Chicago-Perdue o.; Chi cago z. At Ithaca-Cornell IA; Buck nell 0. At Annapolis-Navy 13; Pitt 6.

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Pittsburgh leads 22–⁠15–⁠3 in 40 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.