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...Ithaca, unbeaten Army, led by Gil Stephenson, took the steam out of unbeaten Cornell...
...Stephenson & Cain. At the moment, both are having some rough edges sanded down. The new Mr. Outside is deerfooted, 170-lb. Halfback Jim Cain, 19, a North Carolina lad with a receding hairline. In high school, Jim Cain was state champion quarter-miler and runs almost as fast in a football suit. Says Blaik: "Yes, he's as fast as Junior Davis, but he can't shift gears as well...
...other half of Army's new "one-two" punch is Georgia-bred Gil Stephenson. As fullbacks go, he is hardly in the heavyweight class (at 183 lbs.), but makes up for weight with his explosive getaway and skill at picking openings. And when he wants to put his head down and charge, he is an effective battering...
Under Blaik's new two-platoon system, Cain & Stephenson operate only on offense. They trot out on the field when the Cadets have the ball, trot off when the enemy...
That afternoon, Cain didn't show the promise expected of him, but Stephenson did. Ripping Harvard's line to shreds, he gained the impressive total of 170 yards in 21 tries, scored three Army touchdowns (Army won 20-7). This week Army faces one of its toughest tests: unbeaten Cornell...