Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 5, 1960

¶ From the opening kickoff, Navy Halfback Joe Bellino (TIME, Oct. 24) dominated the big game against Army. The low-slung (5 ft. 9 in., 181 Ibs.) Navy star scuttled around tacklers on a 58-yd. run from his own 1-yd. line, later scored on a 4-yd. end sweep. Half-time score: Navy 17, Army 0. Then Army rallied for two touchdowns, and suddenly Bellino was in danger of becoming the Navy goat when he fumbled the ball. But when Army tried a long pass in the closing seconds, there was Bellino to intercept on the one,...

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