Syracuse at Army

Saturday, October 16, 1926

Army beat Syracuse 27–⁠21. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Army led the series 7–⁠2.

AwaySyracuse7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1926
21
HomeArmy7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1926
27

FinalHigh 60°F, low 40°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: Eastern Upsets

    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.

Syracuse leads 12–⁠10 in 22 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Syracuse 29, Army 16
1996Syracuse 42, Army 17
1990Syracuse 26, Army 14
1989Syracuse 10, Army 7
1986Army 33, Syracuse 28
1984Syracuse 27, Army 16

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