Tufts at Army
Saturday, November 1, 1919 Share
Army beat Tufts 24–13. It was their 19th meeting; Army leads the series 19–0.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 45°F
In the newspapers

The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 2, 1919, page 19
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WEST POINTERS VANQUISH TUFTS Army Eleven Wins, 26 to 10, After Getting Way to Bad Start. SUBS MEET A TARTAR Regulars Take Up Battle I’m der Handicap and Score Victory. SUBS MEET A TARTAR WEST POINT, N. Y. Nov. looming from behind in the last two quarters OF a game played in a rainstorm and a sea of mud, the Army eleven smashed its way to victory over Tufts to-day, “a to 10. The Medford collegians tossed a bomb shell into the Army camp during the first period, when they turned two Army fumbles into touchdowns, from which one goal was kicked. giving them a IS point lead before the soldiers actually caught their breath. The soldiers, holding Tufts rather cheaply flashed their second string men in the lineup at the outset and before the substitutes could get their bearings the collegians had sounded the scoring gong twice. After the initial period sew eral army varsity men were thrown into battle. but It was not until the begin ming of the second half that the entire big team made its appearance From that moment on Tufts was on the defensive. The visitors fumbled on their first line up after the opening kickoff and Keefer recovered for the soldiers on Tufts’s 80 yard line. At the very first lineup ARMY pass was Dhu anu haCCnid, lOI Tufts, picked up the ball and raced 65 yards for a touchdown, Thornton kicked goal. A moment later, after an exchange of punts, Army secured the ball at mid field. but fumbled on the first lineup and Commell for Tufts ran to the soldiers | yard line before being downed. Smith went over for a score on the second | play. The goal was missed. The elevens fought evenly throughout the second period. In the third period after McQuarrie had punted over Tufts S ; goal line the ball was brought out to the visitors 90 yard line. Here Tufts at ! tempted an Illegal substitution and was ! penalized ten yards. Thornton kicked | to Gregory at mdfeld and from there ! the Army pounded its way to score ! McQuarrie going through left tackle for | the score and booting the goal moment | later. At the opening OF the fourth quarter Wilhide heeled a catch on Tuftss “A yard line and McQuarrie kicked place | ment goal from this point Byers fell | on a fumbled ball on Tufts’s 80 yard | line a moment later and McQuarrie rushed through hole opened by Daniel ! for a touchdown, kicking the goal also Tufts lost the ball on downs in the last minute of play on its own Is yard | line after three fruitless trials at air line plays From here the Army smashed through for the final score. Lystad 60 | ing over and McQuarrie kicking goal. | Until the Army varsity ends got In | the game to-day the visitors excelled al ! hte wing positions, Ginsberg doing espe | cially good work Daniel and McQuar ! RE starred for the Army. The lineup:

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 2, 1919, page 1
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Army Lads Win From Tufts by 24-to-13 Score West Point, N. Y, Nov. 1.-The Army eleven defeated Tufts, “a to Is. in hard fought game here. The Army lined up with substitute team and the visitors put over two touchdowns in the first period before the soldiers got their bear ings. The first score was made by Macchia. who, picking up a fun bled ball on his own 35-yard line, dashed through the entire Army team. The second score was made by Smith after Commel escaped with run which rivaled Macchia’s. Thornton kicked only one goal.

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1919, page 29
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Army Trims Tufts With Subs. WEST POINT. N. y. November l. The Army eleven defeated Tufts, “a to Is. in haFd-fosght game here today. The Cadets lined up with q substitute team, and the visitors put over two touchdowns in the first period before the soldiers got their bearings

Pine Bluff daily graphic, November 2, 1919, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS. + ; + $ + + + l. 4 I. * + * * + Auburn, 7; Georgia 0. Texas 32; Rice 0. Baylor 20; Southwestern o. s. M. U. AL Austin 0. Oklahoma 6; Missouri 6. Arkansas 6; Kendall 63. Camp Travis 6; Camp Pike 25. Vanderbilt 0; Kentucky o. Alabama 40; Sewanee 0. Tennessee 0; Carolina c. Alabama Poly 7; Georgia 0. Harvard 20; Springfield 0. Kansas 16; Kansas Aggies 8. West Virginia 25: Princeton 0. Yale 31; Maryland 0. Lafayette 21; Cornell 2. Hendrix 6; Centenary 0. Notre Dame 16; Indiana 8. Army 24 Tufts 13. Minnesota 19; Wisconsin 7. Creighton 6; Haskell 6. Dartmouth T; Colgate r. w. Va. Wesleyan 20; Navy 6. Nebraska 8; Iowa O.. Illinpis 10; Chicago 0. Lit~e Rock 0; Memphis 0. Pittsburgh 14; Lehigh 0. Marquette 39; Great Lakes 0. Emporia Normal IS; Pittsburgh Normal O. Purdue IS; Michigan Aggies ‘. Washburn 53; Fairmont 0. Utah 66; Montana State 0. Colorado Aggies 33; Denver 8. Cornell II; Dubuque 6. Michigan 16; Northwestern 13. Pennsylvania State 10; Pennsyl- ania 0. Louisiana 0; Miss. 4. and M. 6.
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tufts–Army gameArmy leads 19–0 in 19 meetings.
| 1919 | Army 24, Tufts 13 | |
| 1917 | Army 26, Tufts 3 | |
| 1913 | Army 2, Tufts 0 | |
| 1912 | Army 15, Tufts 6 | |
| 1910 | Army 24, Tufts 0 | |
| 1909 | Army 22, Tufts 0 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 15, 1919
- SeasonTufts in 1919
- ProgramTufts history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Notre DameNov. 8, 1919
- SeasonArmy in 1919
- ProgramArmy history and records
