Western Reserve at Navy
Saturday, October 8, 1921 Share
Navy beat Western Reserve 53–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Navy led the series 7–0–1.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 48°F, 0.31 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The New York herald, New York, October 9, 1921, page 49
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Navy Has No Trouble in Defeating Western Reserve Score Is So to O, With Noyes a Star. Special Despatch 70 THE New York HERALD. ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Oct S.--using many backs, several of whom gave FIN, cxhibitions of running with the ball. the Navy had little difficulty i’m running I’D score OF So to o. on Western Reserve this afternoon. Fumbles. penalties and incomplete forward passes blocked the scoring in the first quarter. but IN all the othera the Navy scored rapidly even though every position had several occupants during tho course OF the after noon. Naval Academy. Western Reserve. Parr ............ Left end .......... knrtz Nolles ..........Lcft tackle....... Gordon Carney Left guard. .......... Wahi Larsen ........... Centre. ........... BalaTh Winkier ....... Right guard ......... Jones King ............ Right tackie...... J. Davis Taylor .......... Right end. Tefnpleman Conroy ........ Quarter Gulton Kochier ......Left haifheck. ......... Ertle Hamilton. Right halfback. Smith. Davis scoro by perioda: Naval Academy. 20 y i2.os Western Reserves. o Koehler. Norris. Noyes, Cullen (p, Cruise, Mckee. Goals from touchdowns-king, 3 IN 4: Norris. 2 IN two Dole. missed J Mckee missed I. substltutes--Naval Academy Doie Tor Parr. Smith FOR Doiles. ievi’sSy for Smith, Wioforn Tor Carney. schrlener for I.error. wallace Tor winkier. Mcbride for Waters. Cullen for Conro., Mckee for Cullen, Noyes for Koehler, Cruise for Ham nton, Norris for 5srchot. W. TAYLOR for Kv,fz for Cass. Cass for kurtz, CARRIER for Gordon, Cohen for wnhl. Ruedy for Jones. Smith for J. Davis. J. Davis for Smith. Geraci for Tempieman. Tempiaman for smith. Davis. Referee-F. r. ofliendsr. University Of pennsyivania. Umpfre-w. ~ Mcrfco, tJpivcrsity Of pennsyivania. Field Judsc-r Palmer Harvard r’no ot periods --16 minutes.
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)
Navy 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Western Reserve–Navy gameNavy leads 8–0–1 in nine meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1922 | Navy 71, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1921 | Navy 53, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1920 | Navy 47, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1917 | Navy 95, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1914 | Navy 48, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1912 | Navy 7, Western Reserve 0 |
Around this game
Western Reserve
- Next gameat CornellOct. 15, 1921
- SeasonWestern Reserve in 1921
- ProgramWestern Reserve history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. PrincetonOct. 15, 1921
- SeasonNavy in 1921
- ProgramNavy history and records
