Syracuse at Army
Saturday, October 16, 1926 Share
Army beat Syracuse 27–21. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Army led the series 7–2.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 40°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 22, 1926, page 28 (results column)
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Eastern Upsets Glancing back over the scores of the games played on Saturday, De- tober 16. will best illustrate the point l am trying to make. Take the east. for example: The former Big Three” liar yard, Yale and Princeton. had a rather eventful day of it. Yale rather surprised by defeat ing Dartmouth 14–7. employing Dartmouth’s favorite weapon. the pass, to turn the trick. The Navy defeated Princeton 27–13, while William and Mary managed to score touchdown on Harvard, being beaten PIT. The Army and Syracuse put on a scoring bee, the West Pointers finally emerging ahead 27–21. Cor nell had its troubles beating Michi- gan State 24–14. Pittsburgh and Colgate staged a hectic struggle with the former coming out on top 1916. Bates, although defeated by Brown, man. aged to score twice, the finish be- ing 27–14. As a matter of fact. pennsyl- vania was the only major eleven in the east 10 blank it’s opponent, trimming Chicago 27–0.
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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Army gameSyracuse leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2023 | Syracuse 29, Army 16 | |
| 1996 | Syracuse 42, Army 17 | |
| 1990 | Syracuse 26, Army 14 | |
| 1989 | Syracuse 10, Army 7 | |
| 1986 | Army 33, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1984 | Syracuse 27, Army 16 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gameat Penn StateOct. 23, 1926
- SeasonSyracuse in 1926
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Boston UniversityOct. 23, 1926
- SeasonArmy in 1926
- ProgramArmy history and records

