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Marvelous Mudder. The quick Navy line bounced and jittered through so many defensive formations that Army Mockers got as fouled up as the weather. The Army infantry could never get rolling, and the cadets fell back on old-fashioned three-P football: punt, pass and pray for the breaks. They kicked repeatedly on third down, completed a couple of passes, even got a few breaks when Navy backs fumbled the waterlogged ball. But all their prayers only produced a Navy attack for which they could not fathom an answer...
...kicked the extra point. He caught passes, pitched laterals and ran like an Army tank all through the rest of the game. When Army did threaten, it was Oldham's interceptions, as much as anything, that threw them back. And in the final quarter he caught an Army punt, navigated 44 yards of Philadelphia mud to score once more. Once more he kicked the extra point...
...punt isn't just a last-ditch defensive play," argues Father Fenton. "It's an offensive weapon. A good quick kick puts a team on its heels, and you're likely to get the ball back right away on a fumble or a blocked punt. Same way with a 'coffin-corner kick' [a kick that goes out of bounds within the 10-yd. line]. They're both fine short-term investments. You'll get that ball back with interest...
...Prize Pupil Bill Gundy. Dartmouth's punter, who worked with him for two long months last summer. Fenton had drilled the erratic Gundy on his coordination, changed him into one of the best punters in the East this fall. In the debacle. Gundy still managed to out-punt Princeton by seven yards a try. "When one of my boys like Bill gets off a good one." chuckled Father Fenton. "I don't care if the congregation is big the next Sunday...
Lowell played a strong game, but was foiled by two long Pierson runs, 12 to 0. The Bellboys were forced to punt and quick-kick almost every time they had the ball. In the closing minutes they managed to organize one sustained drive, only to be stopped short of the goal line by an Eli interception...