Notre Dame's Gus Dorais went 14 for 17 for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Army was so bewitched, bothered and bewildered by the aerial antics that it surely didn't even matter that one of their halfbacks, Dwight David Eisenhower, was out with an injury. Ewing, unable to accept that he had been outplayed by Ed Pinckney and beaten by a team that had lost 10 regular-season games, thrust his finger in the air at the awards ceremony. Broncos ball at their own two. The field goal in overtime was merely a formality.
Clock runs out.
Fans run onto Boston Garden floor. Fan punches referee Richie Powers. Powers staggers to feet, clears floor, puts one second back on clock. Suns get ball at halfcourt. Garfield Heard hits 22-foot turnaround.