Boston University at Army

Saturday, October 25, 1924

Army beat Boston University 20–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBoston University1–⁠5 in 1924
0
HomeArmy5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1924
20

FinalHigh 68°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: ARMY DEFEATS BOSTON EASILY

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 26, 1924, page 11

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    ARMY DEFEATS BOSTON EASILY WEST POINT. N. Y. Oct. 25.- Army defeated Boston university today, 20 to 0. The Cadets used second and third string players, only conserving their strength for Yale next Saturday. Army scored three touchdowns from which points were added to two of them.

  • The New Britain herald's story: PENN. LAFAYETTE, SYRACUSE ALONE HAVE CLEAN SLAES Rutgers, Yale, Dartmouth and Lehigh Not Defeat ed But Tied-Both Har- yard and Princeton Have Tasted the Dregs-EIi Gets Stiff Opposition This Week.

    New Britain herald, October 27, 1924, page 8 (results column)

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    PENN. LAFAYETTE, SYRACUSE ALONE HAVE CLEAN SLAES Rutgers, Yale, Dartmouth and Lehigh Not Defeat ed But Tied-Both Har- yard and Princeton Have Tasted the Dregs-EIi Gets Stiff Opposition This Week. By The Associated Press. New York, Oct. 27. - Lafayette and Pennsylvania, which have the most impressive record of the east ern football season so far meet at Philadelphia Saturday. The Quakers have won six games and the Leopards five. Neither eleven has been extended. The Army–Yale contest at New Haven, will also be one of Saturdays fea- lures. Syracuse, the remaining team neither beaten nor tied, was out played by Penn State Saturday, all through it won, 10 10 6, and does not seem to have the power of either Pennsylvania, which defeated Vir- g1nia 27 to 0, or Lafayette which swamped the previously undefeated “. and J. 20 to 6. The Big Three Yale remained In the undefeated class with a rally in the last four minutes that changed a Brown 3 to 0 lead into IS to Eli victory. Harvard succumbed to smooth knd powerful Dartmouth by score of 6 to 0, although giving evidence of ponderous asity when it chooses Co awake. Princeton’s dream of another team of destiny became a nightmare. of flying feet. with those of Jimmy Crowley leading all the rest to a 12 to Notre Dame victory. Rockne played a Second team throughout the first quarter. The Tigers and Harvard rest con- paratively easy this week. playing Swarthmore and Boston university. The big three series begins on the following weekend with Princeton showing at Cambridge. 2-LATE West Virginia Wins. West Virginia won from Center, 1S to 6, and Columbus surprised by soundly trouncing Williams, 27 to 5. Pitt was beaten by Carnegie Tech, to Q, and Navy took another lick irg, this time from West Virginia Wesleyan by a score of 10 to ‘. Army won an easy game from Bos- ton University, 20 to 0. Get Tie Game. Bonkert scored a touchdown in the Rutgers, 13 to 13 tie with Le- high which allowed both teams to remain undefeated, and retained his place as high individual point scorer Of the east. Tryon made four touChdovns in the Colgate 49 to victory over Hobart and went into second place. The standing of the more impor- tant teams, with games won, lost and tied. points scored and oppo- nents’ points, follows:

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 10–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1994Boston University 21, Army 12
1963Army 30, Boston University 0
1962Army 26, Boston University 0
1961Army 31, Boston University 7
1938Army 40, Boston University 0
1930Army 39, Boston University 0

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