Bates at Army
Saturday, November 18, 1922 Share
Army beat Bates 39–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 19, 1922, page 50
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ARMY SMOTHERS LIGHT BATES TEAM Score Is 80 to O, With Soldiers Sharp Eyed and Always Following Ball. Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HzkALD. WEST POINT. n. “. Nov. 1s.-The Army smothered the light Bates eleven here to-day by a score of 80 to o. 1t was Army’s last gridiron engagement before lining up against Navy next next The West Pointers began the game with their first string substitutes in the lineup. Although Bates could not develop any dangerous offensive against the Army’s subs” they did play them 10 a stand Off during the first quarter and the coaches sent in the entire varsity eleven to begin the second period. his aggrecation stayed in until the half ended and they were in for a brief moment in the third period During this time the big team scored three touchdowns and Were then sent to the showers. Army’s running attack, even while the varsity men were performing. seemingly lacked power and drive. 1t was also conspicuously slow at times. Once Bates took the ball away from the varsity men on the 40 yard line on downs. But Army did show a keen ness for following the ball during the entire afternoon, Two touchdowns came because the Cadets were alert and sharp eyed. One came In the second period when Farwick broke through and scooped UP ball fumbled in the Bates backfield and ran twenty yards for a touchdown. Lou Storch crashed through and fell on fumbled ball for a touchdown In the final quarter. Ives featured In long dash of eighty-eight yards for touchdown in the last period. He intercepted Bates forward pass on his own 10 yard line and aided by beautiful interference ran for the score. The lineup;

New-York tribune, November 19, 1922, page 19
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Army Downs Bates Eleven. Score. 800 WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. 1S.--Army won its Anal home contest to-day from Bates by a one-sided score of 80 to O. The Cadets started a substitute eleven, which seemingly had difficulty in do ing any damage to Bates. The big team was sent in after the first string .ers had gone scoreless throughout the initial period and they put the game safely away. ives featured with an eighty eight yard run for touchdown in the third period. The long dash came when he intercepted forward pass on his own 12-yard line. The line-ups

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 20, 1922, page 1
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ARMY VARSITY CALLED TO BEAT Bates SO TO 0 West Point, N. Y, Nov. 1S-The Army smothered the light Bates ell even here today by score of 80 to 0. 1t was Armys last gridiron engagement before lining up against Navy next week. The West Point ers began the game with their first string substitutes in the lineup. AL though Bates men could not develop any dangerous offensive against the Army’s subs, they did play them to a stand-off during the first quarter and the coaches sent in the entire varsity eleven to begin the second

Bisbee daily review, November 19, 1922, page 6 (results column)
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Football Results Denver University 20; Colorado Col lege IA. Ohio Wesleyan 65: Case o. Swarthmore ?; Annapolis Midship- men 2. (tie). Princeton 8; Yale o. Cornell AS; Albright A. Harvard o; Brown 3. Syracuse IA; Colgate ‘. Dartmouth 2S; Columbia 2. Washington and Jefferson 0: Pitts burg 19. Chicago 9: Illinois O. Michigan E; Wisconsin 6. Ohio State 9; Iowa IF. Kansas 39; Colorado 6. Missouri 27; Washington o. Maryland University 3; Johns Hop kins O. Western Reserve 19: Kenyon 3. Georgetown 19; Bucknell z. Tufts 6; Massachusetts Aggies 6. Coe 13: Cornell College ‘. Auburn 6; Centre 0. V. p. l. Al: Washington and Lee 6. Drake 21; Grinnell o. !. Oklahoma Normal IA; Ames 13. Notre Dame 32; Butler 3. Wabash 35; Chicago Y. NJ. C. A. Col lege ‘. Williams 27; Amherst 0. Vanderbilt 12; Georgia 0. Tennessee IS; Sewanee 27. Northwestern 5S; Monmouth IA. Nebraska 21; Kansas Aggies O. Colorado Aggies 19; Colorado School of Mines O. Texas 32; Oklahoma 2. Alabama O; Kentucky 6. West Point 39 Bates 0. Virginia Military Institute 45; George Washington 0. Depauw “A; Hanover 0. North Carolina 0: Davidson 6. University of Arizona 10; Universi- of New Mexico o. University Of Oregon 10; Oregon Aggies O. Carolina 61: Nevada 13. University of Utah 24; Whitman College 6. University of Southern California IA: University of Idaho O. University of Washington 12; Stan ford s. Bayler University 10; Oklahoma Az gies O. Walsenburg o; Pueblo Centennial High 21. Salida o; Pueblo Central High, sec, Ond team 20. Canon City 2; Colorado Springs 30. Phoenix Junior College AT; Flagstaff Normal O.. Mesa High ‘; Phoenix High 19. Pomona 20; University of California Southern Branch, 6. Occidental College 19; California In stitute of Technology 13. Gonzales University v; University of Wyoming O.
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 Bates–Army gameArmy leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Bates
- SeasonBates in 1922
- ProgramBates history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 25, 1922
- SeasonArmy in 1922
- ProgramArmy history and records
