Tennessee at Army

Saturday, September 29, 1923

Army beat Tennessee 41–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayTennessee5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1923
0
HomeArmy6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1923
41

FinalHigh 82°F, low 61°F, 0.1 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: ARMY WINS FROM TENNESSEE BY A SCORE OF H TO Q West Point Cadets 0utClaSS SouthernerS In The Opening Game

    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.

Tennessee leads 5–⁠2–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1986Army 25, Tennessee 21
1984Army 24, Tennessee 24
1978Tennessee 31, Army 13
1973Tennessee 37, Army 18
1970Tennessee 48, Army 3
1966Tennessee 38, Army 7

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