I H 2015 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN H I BOWL HISTORY Bowl Recaps ............................................................ 192-201 1924 Rose Bowl ......................................................... 192 1955 Sugar Bowl ........................................................ 192 1958 Cotton Bowl....................................................... 192 1961 Orange Bowl ..................................................... 193 1964 Cotton Bowl....................................................... 193 1978 Holiday Bowl ..................................................... 193 1980 Garden State Bowl ............................................ 194 1981 Liberty Bowl ...................................................... 194 1996 Aloha Bowl ........................................................ 194 2003 Houston Bowl.................................................... 195 2004 Emerald Bowl .................................................... 195 2005 Poinsettia Bowl ................................................. 196 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl .................................... 196 2007 Poinsettia Bowl ................................................. 197 2008 EagleBank Bowl ................................................ 197 2009 Texas Bowl ........................................................ 198 2010 Poinsettia Bowl ................................................. 198 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl .................................. 199 2013 Armed Forces Bowl .......................................... 200 2014 Poinsettia Bowl ................................................. 200 2015 Military Bowl ..................................................... 201 Bowl Records ........................................................... 202-203 NAVY FOOTBALL H 191 H IT’S AMERICAN 191 BOWL RECAPS 4 Passes Had Int. 0 1924 Rose Bowl 4-33.7 Punts-Avg. 9-36.1 Navy 14, Washington 14 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 January 1, 1924 • Rose Bowl Stadium 1-15 Penalties 6-15 PASADENA, Calif. – The Midshipmen had completed a 5-1-2 season when they were Individual Leaders invited to meet Washington in the 1924 Rose Bowl. After a scoreless first period in RUSHING: Navy – Gattuso 16-111, Weaver 16-106, Garrow 6-18, Guest 3-16, Monto which the Huskies held Navy on the one-yard line, the Mids scored early in the second 2-14, Malynn 1-9, Hepworth 2-6, Monahan 1-6, Echard 3-5, Gober 3-3, Welsh 2-1. quarter when Pete McKee surprised Washington with a 30-yard pass to Carl Cullen. Mississippi – Cothren 7-24, J. Patton 5-21, Murihead 7-17, Day 2-8, McCool 4-8, Blair The Huskies tied the game moments later on a 22-yard run. McKee and Cullen hooked 2-6, Kinard 2-2, H. Patton 2-1, Blajack 2-(-9). up once again, this time on a seven-yard scoring strike to give Navy a 14-7 lead. PASSING: Navy – Welsh 8-14-0, 76 yards, 1 TD; Echard 3-10-2, 40 yards; Korzep 1-3- Washington closed out the scoring following a fumble recovery on the Midshipmen 10- 2, 31 yards; Weaver 0-1-0, 0 yards. Mississippi – H. Patton 3-6-0, 27 yards; Day 2-9-0, yard line. 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, Scoring Summary 1 2 3 4 Final Hepworth 1-18, Barker 1-4. Mississippi – J. Patton 1-19, Muirhead 2-16, Fisher 1-11, Navy 0 14 0 0 14 Kinard 1-7. Washington 0 7 0 7 14 Navy – Cullen 30-yard pass from McKee (McKee kick) UW – Wilson 14-yard run (Sherman kick) Navy – Cullen 7-yard pass from McKee (McKee kick) UW – Bryan 12-yard pass from Abel (Sherman kick) 1958 Cotton Bowl Navy Team Statistics Washington Navy 20, Rice 7 15 First Downs 9 January 1, 1958 • Cotton Bowl 362 Total Offense 202 187 Yards Rushing 137 DALLAS, Texas – ”Gentlemen, this was the best ball club I have ever had the privilege 175 Yards Passing 65 of coaching,” intoned coach Eddie Erdelatz in the Navy locker room following the Mids’ 16-20 Passing 3-8 20-7 Cotton Bowl win over Rice. The expected duel between the two quarterbacks, 2 Passes Had Int. 2 Navy’s Tom Forrestal and Rice’s King Hill, never materialized. Tony Stremic and Bob 5-33.8 Punts-Avg. 9-33 Reifsnyder paced the Navy defense early on. The Mids scored in each of the first 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 two periods (Joe Tranchini on a one-yard keeper and Harry Hurst on a 13-yard run). 2-10 Penalties 4-20 Halfback and team captain Ned Oldham scored on a 19-yard run and had a pair of conversions. Individual Leaders Unavailable. Scoring Summary 1 2 3 4 Final Navy 6 7 7 0 20 Rice 0 0 7 0 7 Navy – Tranchini 1-yard run (kick failed) Navy – Hurst 13-yard run (Oldham kick) 1955 Sugar Bowl Navy – Oldham 19-yard run (Oldham kick) Navy 21, Mississippi 0 Rice – Williams 8-yard pass from Ryan (Hill kick) January 1, 1955 • Tulane Stadium Navy Team Statistics Rice 21 First Downs 14 NEW ORLEANS, La. – Quarterback George Welsh led the “Team Named Desire” to 375 Total Offense 301 a 21-0 triumph over Southeastern Conference champion Mississippi. “He (Welsh) 50-222 Rushes-Yardage 39-137 was a genius at calling plays today,” said Navy coach Eddie Erdelatz. Fullback Joe 153 Yards Passing 164 Gattuso Sr. was given the Warren Miller Trophy as the game’s most valuable player 13-27-1 Passing 14-27-1 after rushing for 111 yards on 16 carries and scoring two touchdowns. Halfback Jack 1 Passes Had Int. 1 Weaver had 106 yards rushing and scored the Mids’ other touchdown on a pass from 3-36.6 Punts-Avg. 5-42.0 Welsh. Welsh, in addition to running the option perfectly, completed 8-of-14 passes for 5-3 Fumbles-Lost 5-5 76 yards. 9-65 Penalties 7-53 Scoring Summary 1 2 3 4 Final Individual Leaders Navy 7 0 14 0 21 RUSHING: Navy – Oldham 8-50, Hurst 10-50, Wellborn 14-38, Brandquist 5-36, Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 Forrestal 7-34, Swanson 2-9, Tranchini 2-5, Brence 2-0. Rice – Ryan 17-69, Speer 4-16, Hill 5-14, Dueitt 4-13, Kelley 4-12, B. Williams 1-8, Chilton 2-7, K. Williams 2-(-2). Navy – Gattuso 3-yard run (Weaver kick) PASSING: Navy – Forrestal 13-24-1, 153 yards; Tranchini 0-3-0. Rice – Ryan 13-22-1, Navy – Weaver 16-yard pass from Welsh (Weaver kick) 151 yards, 1 TD; Hill 1-5-0, 13 yards. Navy – Gattuso 1-yard run (Weaver kick) RECEIVING: 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. Williams 2-13. Navy Team Statistics Mississippi 20 First Downs 5 442 Total Offense 121 55-295 Rushes-Yardage 33-78 147 Yards Passing 43 12-28-4 Passing 5-18-0 192 THE BROTHERHOOD BOWL RECAPS Navy Team Statistics Texas 1961 Orange Bowl 16 First Downs 18 Missouri 21, Navy 14 213 Total Offense 402 January 2, 1961 • Tulane Stadium 29-(-14) Rushes-Yardage 43-168 227 Yards Passing 234 22-34-1 Passing 8-21-1 MIAMI, Fla. – Missouri held 1960 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino to four yards on 1 Passes Had Int. 1 eight carries and defeated the Midshipmen, 21-14. The Midshipmen scored early when 6-36.5 Punts-Avg. 3-43.3 end Greg Mather intercepted a lateral and sprinted 98 yards for a score. But Missouri 2 Fumbles Lost 1 countered with an interception return for a touchdown. Bellino scored Navy’s second 2-35 Penalties 8-72 touchdown of the day when he made a spectacular grab of a pass from Hal Spooner and did a somersault out of the end zone. Spooner completed 13-of-21 passes for 176 Individual Leaders yards but was intercepted four times. RUSHING: Navy – Donnelly 8-12, Ounsworth 1-8, Sai 5-8, Teall 1-3, Ulrich 1-1, Markoff Scoring Summary 1 2 3 4 Final 1-1, Staubach 12-(-47). Texas – Carlisle 11-54, Ford 9-39, Stockton 5-35, Philipp 6-23, Navy 6 0 0 8 14 Green 7-18, King 1-9, Harris 2-5, Kristymik 1-1, Dixon 1-(-16). Missouri 7 7 0 7 21 PASSING: Navy – Staubach 21-31-1, 228 yards; Donnelly 1-1-0, (-1) yards; Abel 0-1-0, Orr 0-1-0. Texas – Carlisle 7-19-1, 213 yards, 2 TDs; Wade 1-2-0, 21 yards. Navy – Mather 98-yard fumble return (kick failed) RECEIVING: Navy – Orr 9-112, Sjuggerud 4-52, Donnelly 3-16, Campbell 2-16, MO – Beal 90-yard interception return (Tobin kick) Henderson 1-13, Kellner 1-12, Sai 1-7, Staubach 1-(-1). Texas – Harris 3-157, Talbert MO – D. Smith 4-yard run (Tobin kick) 2-26, Lammoas 2-30, Sauer 1-21. MO – Taylor 1-yard run (Tobin kick) Navy – Bellino 28-yard pass from Spooner (Luper pass from Spooner) Navy Team Statistics Missouri 9 First Downs 19 168 Total Offense 302 1978 Holiday Bowl 24-(-8) Rushes-Yardage 66-296 176 Yards Passing 5 Navy 23, BYU 16 13-23-4 Passing 1-6-0 December 22, 1978 • San Diego Stadium 4 Passes Had Int. 0 7-35.4 Punts-Avg. 4-30.5 SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Navy rallied from a 13-point deficit early in the second half to 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 defeat Brigham Young, 23-16, in the first Holiday Bowl. The catalyst in the Mids’ 1-4 Penalties 1-15 comeback was split end Phil McConkey, with help from quarterback Bob Leszczynski and the defensive unit. Leszczynski got the Mids going in the third period on a 77-yard Individual Leaders TD drive that featured a 16-yard reverse by McConkey, the game’s MVP. Moments RUSHING: Navy – Prichard 1-9, Meyer 2-6, Bellino 8-4, McKeown 3-1, Matalavage later, a McConkey reverse of 26 yards set up a 28-yard field goal from Bob Tata that 1-(-1), Spooner 9-(-27). Missouri – West 21-108, Smith 16-93, Mehrer 5-41, Stevenson narrowed the deficit to 16-13. With the defense holding the Cougars to just 24 yards 7-37, Russell 5-12, Brossart 2-9, Beal 2-3, Taylor 7-3, La Rose 1-(-10).