Syracuse at Army

Saturday, October 11, 1919

Syracuse beat Army 7–⁠3. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Army led the series 6–⁠2.

AwaySyracuse8–⁠3 in 1919
7
HomeArmy6–⁠3 in 1919
3

FinalHigh 78°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: SYRACUSE DEFEATS ARMY

    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

  • The South Bend news-times's story: SYRACUSE WINS FROM ARMY IN CLOSE GAME

    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.

  • The New-York tribune's story: 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

    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 The Morning Tulsa daily world's story: SYRACUSE BEATS ARMY > IN THRILLING CONTEST

    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.

Syracuse leads 12–⁠10 in 22 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Syracuse 29, Army 16
1996Syracuse 42, Army 17
1990Syracuse 26, Army 14
1989Syracuse 10, Army 7
1986Army 33, Syracuse 28
1984Syracuse 27, Army 16

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