BOWL HISTORY 183 1924BOWL ROSE BOWL HISTORY1955 SUGAR BOWL NAVY 14, WASHINGTON 14 NAVY 21, MISSISSIPPI 0 JANUARY 1, 1924 • PASADENA, CALIF. JANUARY 1, 1955 • NEW ORLEANS, LA. Mids Battle Huskies to 14-14 Draw The Midshipmen had completed a 5-1-2 season when they were invited to meet Washington in the 1924 Rose Bowl. After a scoreless first period in Welsh Leads Mids Past which the Huskies held Navy on the one-yard line, the Mids scored early in Rebels the second quarter when Pete McKee surprised Washington with a 30-yard Quarterback George Welsh led the pass to Carl Cullen. The Huskies tied the game moments later on a 22-yard “Team Named Desire” to a 21-0 tri- run. McKee and Cullen hooked up once again, this time on a seven-yard scor- umph over Southeastern Conference ing strike to give Navy a 14-7 lead. Washington closed out the scoring fol- champion Mississippi. “He (Welsh) was lowing a fumble recovery on the Midshipmen 10-yard line. a genius at calling plays today,” said Navy coach Eddie Erdelatz. Fullback Joe Gattuso Sr. was given the Warren SCORING SUMMARY Miller Trophy as the game’s most 1234Final valuable player after rushing for 111 Navy . .0 . .14 . .0 . .0 . .14 yards on 16 carries and scoring two Washington . .0 . .7 . .0 . .7 . .14 touchdowns. Halfback Jack Weaver had 106 yards rushing and scored Navy - Cullen 30-yard pass from McKee (McKee kick) the Mids’ other touchdown on a UW - Wilson 14-yard run (Sherman kick) pass from Welsh. Welsh, in addition to running the Navy - Cullen 7-yard pass from McKee (McKee kick) option perfectly, completed 8-of-14 passes for 76 yards. UW - Bryan 12-yard pass from Abel (Sherman kick) SCORING SUMMARY TEAM STATISTICS 1234Final Navy Washington Navy . .7 . .0 . .14 . .0 . .21 15 . .First Downs . .9 Mississippi . .0 . .0 . .0 . .0 . .0 362 . .Total Offense . .202 187 . .Yards Rushing . .137 Navy - Gattuso 3-yard run (Weaver kick) 175 . .Yards Passing . .65 Navy - Weaver 16-yard pass from Welsh (Weaver kick) 16-20 . .Passing . .3-8 Navy - Gattuso 1-yard run (Weaver kick) 2 . .Passes Had Int. .2 5-33.8 . .Punts-Avg. .9-33 0-0 . .Fumbles-Lost . .0-0 TEAM STATISTICS 2-10 . .Penalties . .4-20 Navy Mississippi 20 . .First Downs . .5 442 . .Total Offense . .121 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 55-295 . .Rushes-Yardage . .33-78 Unavailable 147 . .Yards Passing . .43 12-28-4 . .Passing . .5-18-0 4 . .Passes Had Int. .0 4-33.7 . .Punts-Avg. .9-36.1 1-0 . .Fumbles-Lost . .2-1 1-15 . .Penalties . .6-15 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Navy: Gattuso 16-111,Weaver 16-106, Garrow 6-18, Guest 3-16, Monto 2- 14, Malynn 1-9, Hepworth 2-6, Monahan 1-6, Echard 3-5, Gober 3-3,Welsh 2- 1. Mississippi: Cothren 7-24, J. Patton 5-21, Murihead 7-17, Day 2-8, McCool 4-8, Blair 2-6, Kinard 2-2, H. Patton 2-1, Blajack 2-(-9). PASSING Navy: Welsh 8-14-0, 76 yards, 1 TD; Echard 3-10-2, 40 yards; Korzep 1-3-2, 31 yards;Weaver 0-1-0, 0 yards. Mississippi: H. Patton 3-6-0, 27 yards; Day 2-9-0, 16 yards, Blajack 0-3-0, 0 yards. RECEIVING Navy: Weaver 3-39, Malynn 1-31, Beagle 3-19, Smith 2-18, Gober 1-18, Hepworth 1-18, Barker 1-4. Mississippi: J. Patton 1-19, Muirhead 2-16, Fisher 1-11, Kinard 1-7. BOWL HISTORY 184 1958 COTTON BOWL NAVY 20, RICE 7 1961 ORANGE BOWL JANUARY 1, 1958 • DALLAS, TEXAS MISSOURI 21, NAVY 14 JANUARY 2, 1961 • Mids Topple Rice, 20-7 MIAMI, FLA. “Gentlemen, this was the best ball club I have ever had the privilege of coaching,” intoned coach Eddie Erdelatz in the Navy locker room following the Mids’ 20-7 Cotton Bowl win over Rice.The expected duel between the two Navy Comes up Short quarterbacks, Navy’s Tom Forrestal and Rice’s King Hill, never materialized. to Tigers Tony Stremic and Bob Reifsnyder paced the Navy defense early on.The Mids Missouri held 1960 Heisman scored in each of the first two periods (Joe Tranchini on a one-yard keeper and Trophy winner Joe Bellino to four Harry Hurst on a 13-yard run). Halfback and team captain Ned Oldham yards on eight carries and defeated scored on a 19-yard run and had a pair of conversions. the Midshipmen, 21-14. The Midshipmen scored early when end Greg Mather intercepted a lateral SCORING SUMMARY and sprinted 98 yards for a score. 1234Final But Missouri countered with an Navy . .6 . .7 . .7 . .0 . .20 interception return for a touch- Rice . .0 . .0 . .7 . .0 . .7 down. Bellino scored Navy’s sec- ond touchdown of the day when Navy - Tranchini 1-yard run (kick failed) he made a spectacular grab of a pass from Navy - Hurst 13-yard run (Oldham kick) Hal Spooner and did a somersault out of the end zone. Navy - Oldham 19-yard run (Oldham kick) Spooner completed 13-of-21 passes for 176 yards but was intercepted four Rice - Williams 8-yard pass from Ryan (Hill kick) times. TEAM STATISTICS Navy Rice SCORING SUMMARY 1234Final 21 . .First Downs . .14 Navy . .6 . .0 . .0 . .8 . .14 375 . .Total Offense . .301 Missouri . .7 . .7 . .0 . .7 . .21 50-222 . .Rushes-Yardage . .39-137 153 . .Yards Passing . .164 Navy - Mather 98-yard fumble return (kick failed) 13-27-1 . .Passing . .14-27-1 MO - Beal 90-yard interception return (Tobin kick) 1 . .Passes Had Int. .1 MO - D. Smith 4-yard run (Tobin kick) MO - Taylor 1-yard run (Tobin kick) 3-36.6 . .Punts-Avg. .5-42.0 Navy - Bellino 28-yard pass from Spooner (Luper pass from Spooner) 5-3 . .Fumbles-Lost . .5-5 9-65 . .Penalties . .7-53 TEAM STATISTICS Navy Missouri INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 9 . .First Downs . .19 RUSHING 168 . .Total Offense . .302 Navy: Oldham 8-50, Hurst 10-50, Wellborn 14-38, Brandquist 5-36, Forrestal 24-(-8) . .Rushes-Yardage . .66-296 7-34, Swanson 2-9,Tranchini 2-5, Brence 2- 176 . .Yards Passing . .5 0. 13-23-4 . .Passing . .1-6-0 Rice: Ryan 17-69, Speer 4-16, Hill 5-14, 4 . .Passes Had Int. .0 Dueitt 4-13, Kelley 4-12, B.Williams 1-8, 7-35.4 . .Punts-Avg. .4-30.5 Chilton 2-7, K.Williams 2-(-2). 2-0 . .Fumbles-Lost . .5-3 1-4 . .Penalties . .1-15 PASSING Navy: Forrestal 13-24-1, 153 yards; Tranchini 0-3-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rice: Ryan 13-22-1, 151 yards, 1 TD; RUSHING Hill 1-5-0, 13 yards. Navy: Prichard 1-9, Meyer 2-6, Bellino 8-4, McKeown 3-1, Matalavage 1-(-1), Spooner 9-(-27). Missouri:West 21-108, Smith 16-93, Mehrer 5-41, Stevenson 7-37, Russell RECEIVING 5-12, Brossart 2-9, Beal 2-3,Taylor 7-3, La Rose 1-(-10). Navy: Ruth 5-62,Wellborn 2-20, Jokanovich 4-47, Oldham 2-24. Rice: Dial 7-80, Jones 3-30, Miller 1-16, Hill 1-15, K. PASSING Williams 2-13. Navy: Spooner 13-21-4, 176 yards, 1 TD; Dietz 0-2-0, 0 yards. Missouri: Taylor 1-6-0, 5 yards. RECEIVING Navy: Prichard 4-69, Bellino 3-37, Matalavage 2-33, Luper 1-17, Mather 1-15, Zenyuh 1-6, McKeown 1-(-1). Missouri: West 1-5. BOWL HISTORY 185 1978 HOLIDAY BOWL 1964 COTTON BOWL NAVY 23, BYU 16 TEXAS 28, NAVY 6 DECEMBER 22, 1978 • SAN DIEGO, CALIF. JANUARY 1, 1964 • McConkey Leads Mids Past BYU DALLAS, TEXAS Navy rallied from a 13-point deficit early in the second half to defeat Brigham Young,23-16, in the first Holiday Bowl. The catalyst in the Mids' comeback was split end Phil McConkey, with help from quarterback Bob Mids Lose Battle of Leszczynski and the defensive unit. Leszczynski got the Mids going in the No. 1 vs. No. 2 third period on a 77-yard TD drive that featured a 16-yard reverse by Top-ranked Texas used three McConkey, the game’s MVP. Moments later, a McConkey reverse of 26 yards touchdowns in the first half to knock set up a 28-yard field goal from Bob Tata that narrowed the deficit to 16-13. off Navy, 28-6, in the Cotton Bowl. With the defense holding the Cougars to just 24 yards over the final 24 min- The second-ranked Midshipmen had a utes, Leszczynski fired down the sideline to McConkey, who raced to the end stellar performance from Heisman zone to complete a 65-yard play. Navy was ranked 17th in the country in the Trophy-winning quarterback Roger final UPI poll. Staubach, who set Cotton Bowl records for pass completions (21), pass attempts (31) and yards pass- SCORING SUMMARY 1234Final ing (228). Flanker Ed "Skip" Orr Navy . .0 . .3 . .7 . .13 . .23 set a bowl record with his nine recep- BYU . .3 . .6 . .7 . .0 . .16 tions. BYU - Johnson 33-yard field goal SCORING SUMMARY Navy - Tata 40-yard field goal 1234Final BYU - Chronister 10-yard pass from McMahon (kick failed) Texas . .7 . .14 . .7 . .0 . .28 BYU - McMahon 2-yard run (Johnson kick) Navy . .0 . .0 . .0 . .6 . .6 Navy - Tolbert 4-yard run (Tata kick) Navy - Tata 28-yard field goal Texas - Harris 58-yard pass from Carlisle (Crosby kick) Navy - McConkey 65-yard pass from Leszczynski (Tata kick) Texas - Harris 63-yard pass from Carlisle (Crosby kick) Navy - Tata 27-yard field goal Texas - Carlisle 9-yard run (Crosby kick) Texas - Philipp 2-yard run (Crosby kick) Navy - Staubach 2-yard run (2-pt.