Syracuse at Army
Saturday, October 11, 1919 Share
Syracuse beat Army 7–3. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Army led the series 6–2.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 52°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, October 12, 1919, page 14
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SYRACUSE DEFEATS ARMY West Point, N. Y, October 11.-Syra- cuse defeated the Army to 3 today in well-played game, the -staters scoring touchdown which they con- .verted into a goal and the soldiers get ting goal from placement. Both scores came in the second period when the teams were going at their best. For the Army. Daniel, Greene and Black did splendid work. Erwig, Fall lon and Thompson played well for Syracuse. Line-up: Army (3)-Byers. left end; Bryan. left tackle; Vogel, left guard; Greene, Icenter; Breidster right guard; Daniel, Fright tackle; Blaik. right end; Will hide, quarterback Schabacker, left halfback; Lystad, right .halfback; Me Quarrie, fullback. Syracuse (O-Brown left end; Hoorle, left tackle; Alexander, left guard; Robertson, center; Thompson, right guard Segal, right tackle Schw warzer. right end Ackley, quar- terbacS; Abbott, left halfback; Fallon, right halfback; Steele (Erwig) full back. Score by periods: Army .................. 0 Q 0-s syracuse ....,.......... p-i Army scoring: Goal from placement McQuarrie. Syracuse scoring: Touch down, Ackley. Goal from touchdown Ackley Referee, Murphy, Brown; um- pire, Mccarthy. Georgetown head linesman. Reed. Springfield. Time of period, 10 minutes

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 12, 1919, page 10
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SYRACUSE WINS FROM ARMY IN CLOSE GAME By Associated Press: WEST POINT. y. V, Oct. H. Syracuse defeated the Army seven to three in a well played game, the up-staters scoring touchdown which they converted into a goal and the soldiers getting a goal from placement. Both scores came in the second period when the teams were going at their best In this period the Army attacked strongly and aided by two penalties for off-side play, soon had the ball on Syracuse’s three-yard line but lacked the punch to carry it across. McQuarrie. the Army halfback, then booted a goal from placement, drop ping hack 20 the 1 3 yard line. After an exchange of punts a moment later Erwig. who replaced Steele of Syracuse. ran 40 yards TO the Army’s fivc-vard line and after four plays Ackley was pushed over for “a touchdown. Ackley also kick. ed the goal.

New-York tribune, October 13, 1919, page 10
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Princeton Faces Hard Task. Game WithLafayetteP Prored Only SoCalled Breaks Gave Tigers Victory; Syracuse Eleven Failed to Fulfil Expectations in Battle With Army; Williams Did Well Against Cornell The football Judging from the of Saturday. with champions and idols topping rapid fashion noteworthy enthusiasm manifested everywhere the collegiate there doubt that football due for its Looking the registered last Saturday. the that stands most prominently Princeton socaled breaks with This especially show the thew he an hot lido

The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., October 12, 1919, page 25
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SYRACUSE BEATS ARMY > IN THRILLING CONTEST WEST POINT. N. Y. oct H. Syracuse defeated tho Army 7 10 q today IN a well played Eame. the up. sintCrs scoring touchdown which they converted into n goal ana the soldiers getting n goal from place ment Both scores eGmc in the SET Oud period when the teams we’re going az their best
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Army 58% to win. Syracuse won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Syracuse–Army gameSyracuse leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
| 2023 | Syracuse 29, Army 16 | |
| 1996 | Syracuse 42, Army 17 | |
| 1990 | Syracuse 26, Army 14 | |
| 1989 | Syracuse 10, Army 7 | |
| 1986 | Army 33, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1984 | Syracuse 27, Army 16 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 18, 1919
- SeasonSyracuse in 1919
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. MaineOct. 18, 1919
- SeasonArmy in 1919
- ProgramArmy history and records

