Tennessee at Army
Saturday, September 29, 1923 Share
Army beat Tennessee 41–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 61°F, 0.1 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, September 30, 1923, page 13
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ARMY WINS FROM TENNESSEE BY A SCORE OF H TO Q West Point Cadets 0utClaSS SouthernerS In The Opening Game WEST POINT. N. Y. Sept. 2s.- Army defs tied University of Tennes- see 4l to in the opening game of the cadets :ootbrll season today. The contest. played under a bIazing sun and in midsummer temperature, was hard but cleanly fought. The Army clearly odtclassed the south erners. who sot within the cadets 30-yard line out cnce. Six touendowns, five of which were converted into goals, made up Armv’s toll Cor the day. The visi- pass Bone 10 fIttcher. took the ball to Armys 26-yard line in the third quarter. but they could not go on. Wood Garbiscn, GoodHan, Hewitt and Farwck all starred for West Point Lineup and .ummary Army t4D-BaXter. left end; Good guard; Garbisah, cente”; Ellinger. right guard Mullgan, right tackle; Doyle, right and; Smythe, quarter back; Sheiffler. left haliGacl<; Hew- ttt. right halfba2N; Wood. fullback. Tennessee University (0)-Brown, left end; Lowe. left tackle; kerfou- yer. left guard; Morris, center; Bur dette. right guard T. Re binson, right tackle: Holt, -ight end, Smith, quar- terback: Wallace, left holfback: r. Robinson. right halfback; Bone. full back. Score by periods: Army ................ 14 7 13–41 University Tennessee. 0 0 O. 0 Army scoring: Touchdowns. Hew- itt, Smythe, Wood 2. Gilmore (sub stituting for Scheiffler). Blaisdek Substituting for Wood). Points from try after tCuchdown: Garbisch } dropkicNs. Time of periods, 12 minutes each. Referee, McGrath (Boston A. A.). Umpire Brown (Bos- ton college). Head linesman, Camp bell (SpringfiejD. Fleld judge. Thur Der (Colg4tel.
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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tennessee–Army gameTennessee leads 5–2–1 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1986 | Army 25, Tennessee 21 | |
| 1984 | Army 24, Tennessee 24 | |
| 1978 | Tennessee 31, Army 13 | |
| 1973 | Tennessee 37, Army 18 | |
| 1970 | Tennessee 48, Army 3 | |
| 1966 | Tennessee 38, Army 7 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. Maryville (TN)Oct. 6, 1923
- SeasonTennessee in 1923
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. FloridaOct. 6, 1923
- SeasonArmy in 1923
- ProgramArmy history and records

