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...From the start of the game, when Ortmann (first string tailback) was kicked between the eyes by Army halfback Gill Stephenson to other plays when Erben and Farrar were put out of commission the same way by the same halfback, Army was obviously out to cripple their opponents, Professor Hobbs claimed...
Last step in Blaik's plan was to bring the Army team to a physical and emotional peak between the hours of 2 and 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 8. He did, although two defensive guards and Fullback Gil Stephenson, his star ballcarrier, were nursing injuries. Then the players were on their own, blocking and tackling fiercely, while Blaik watched tensely from the sideline, burning up nervous energy. Between the halves, he wandered calmly among his athletes, making a quiet suggestion here & there...
Army jumped off fast. After the Crimson had taken the kickoff and pushed from its own 26 to the Army 38, defensive center Lynn Galloway intercepted a pass and the Cadets were started. Fifteen plays later Gil Stephenson, playing his first full game of the season, bucked over from the four-yard line. The big gains in this drive came on two passes by Arnold Galiffa, to Dan Foldberg and Jim Cain, and a 13-yard run by Karl Kuckhahn...
...edge that Harvard might have had disappeared on the following kickoff, as Jim Noonan fumbled the kick on his own fifteen. Army leaped happily on the ball--this was the first of four Crimson fumbles that the Cadets grabbed--and scored as Frank Fischl cracked to the three and Stephenson again pushed over through tackle...
Harvard took the kickoff, was held for downs, and had to kick. Lowenstein's punt carried from the Crimson 34 to the Army 30, but Shultz ran it back to the Harvard 40. Pollock and Stephenson alternated on seven straight power runs, the latter scoring from the 17 over Harvard's left tackle. This time Bob DiBlasio broke through to block the conversion attempt...