Dec. 1, 1945

With the Commander-in-Chief in attendance, two Army juniors sack Navy. Mr. Inside (Doc Blanchard) and Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) score all five Cadet touchdowns in a 32-13 rout at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia.

Along with President Harry Truman in the crowd of 100,000-plus are such decorated war heroes as Generals George Marshall, Omar Bradley and James Doolittle as well as Admirals Chester Nimitz and Bull Halsey. In the first half, President Truman sits on the Army side and watches Blanchard score the game's first two touchdowns - on runs of one and 17 yards - and Davis speeds 48 yards for a third score as Army takes a 20-0 lead in the first quarter.

The President switches to Navy's side in the second half, but it doesn't help the 27-point underdogs. On the opening possession of the third quarter, Blanchard intercepts a pass and returns it 46 yards for a touchdown to boost Army's lead to 26-7. Davis scores the Cadets' final TD on a 28-yard run in the fourth quarter.

The game is a historical one from a television perspective: NBC, with only minor mishaps, shows the game to two of its distant stations - WNBT in New York and WRGB in Schenectady - as well to WPTZ in Philadelphia. This is the first time an event in one city is televised any greater distance than, say, between New York and Newark, N.J.