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first five tosses for IL, is, 9 anc
IL yards.
Sal got in his 34-yard dash
to Virginia's 8 in the drive, but
that was nullified by a holding
penalty. Two plays later, Vir-
ginia was fined for holding
balancing things. and Navy hao
a first down on the Cavalier 90
1t took the Middies five plays
from there. Klemick hit on two
short passes, the last to Car
Fink for a first down on the 6
Sal then burst over right tackle
was hit on the goal line and
sommersaulted into the END
zone.
Virginia, fired up by Bill
Elias special brand Of evangel-
ism, looked good coming back
The Cavaliers took a short kick
off on their As and marched
mainly on the heavy-duty work
of Doug Thomson and Bobby
Freeman, to a first down on
the Navy 5. Here Navy, getting
good defensive plays from Dave
Sjuggerud and John burden
stiffened and Rowley finally
booted his field goal from the
II.
Cavalier Bid Is Short
That made it 7-3, Navy, and
Virginia had one chance to go
ahead. 1t launched another
sustained drive. clicking on
key third-down plays, to the
Navy "a early in the second
quarter. With fourth and 7,
Virginia lined up in field goal
formation, but passed instead.
Gary Cuozzo's throw was just
a bit too high to be handled
and Navy took over on downs.
Navy wasted a bid after a
tumble recovery on the Vir-
ginia 36, but got the ball back
almost Immediately when Vern
Won Snydow DETECTED a pass
and Bob Sutton made a diving
interception on the Virginia 38.
Navy scored in seven plays,
Sal scampered l6 yards with a
screen pass and later turned
end for 8 more and a first
down on the 6. After Nick
Markoff carried to the 8. Vir-
ginia was penalized for offsides
and Sal turned right end for
the score. With Mather's miss,
Navy led, 1873, with 1:25 re-
manning in the half.
Although few would have bet
on it at the time, that was
the end Of the scoring. The
best secono-half chance Vir-
ginia had was turned into frus-
tration when Tony Ulehls, all
alone and behind the defenders,
dropped a perfectly thrown
long pass on Navy's 40.
Navy. meanwhile, had more
than it's share Of wrap-up
fourth-quarter chances. An
other interception and 26-yard
return by Won Snydow set up
a bid that carried to Virgina's s
l, but Ray Snyder fumbled this
one away.
InterceptiOn Hurts
Minutes later an interception
by Al Hughes on the Virginia
80 set up a threat that carried
to the Virginia 9, but Klemick's
pass bounced off Gary Kellner's
fingers and was intercepted
near the goal by Tom Griggs.
With less than two minutes
left, Mather, a standout defen-
sively as usual. recovered a
tumble on the Virginia %. Navy
this time got down to the 5
before losing the ball on downs.
Although Klemick had three
interceptions. two came on de-
flected passes, and his accuracy
was better than a 12-for-25
figure indicates. He had a half
dozen passes dropped by over
eager receivers.
The loss dropped Virginia's
record to 3-5, but the Cavaliers
are looking much tougher than
the team that once lost %
straight. For the first time this
season. they weren't victimized
by a long touchdown pass. Navy
probed for weak spots all day.
but couldn't find any. Sai's
64 yards rushing topped both
teams.
NAVY A n IA