Army vs. Navy

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1926, page 81

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  NAVY EARNS GLORY, ALTHOUGH HELD BY ARMY TO 21–⁠21 TIE Throng of Over 100000 Sees Middies Finish Even Up Against Great Odds. before a record crowd of more than 100 200 thrilled spectators. As foot ball contest. played skill 1ullV and at times desperately. there tYas nothing to choose between two really fine teams. But to the under cog. battling against what was con Sidered 10 he almost overwhelming odds. with it’s own coach claiming no license TO win, yet finishing even. goes the glory Of real accomplishment. Even Bill Ingram, Navy coach, was quoted as saying Navy has no Ii “ense to beat Army” and from East – West experts picked the Army as the greater team. But today it was Not the greater team, and to Navy, 7or its splendid effort. even the Army must bow. P”e-EmiEent in Service Clashes. And splendid effort il was. for It produced an Army–Navy game that never has been Surpa Ssed. Perhaps here have been more spectacular 3l3ys in Somc former struggles be tween the two service eleyenS, but, as an exhibition of foot ball in all its aspects. the contest today stands forth as pre-eminent. From the first kick off until the whistle blew as q Navy forward pass was intercepted an the final play, il was foot ball such as one sees only on rare occa- SionS. Blocking. charging and tacklinS only as great lines can block. charge and tackle. the Army forwards and Navy forwards were everything their coaches might have desired. And backs ran hard. We’re good in inter erence, and gave at times Spectacu- Tar exhibitions In the open field True, “ncr IN Il while there We’re lapses when some opposing player caught Is opponent unlWareS and opened wide gap through which one Of the backs might dash. but such Iapses were few ana far between. At the beginning Of the contest il seemed that Navy might have a big ‘nargln in the punting. but later developmens did not bear that out. On he first exchange of kicks the Navy gained 90 yards and the Army found Itself with the ball deep in it’s own territory. And it really was because “f that big gain that Navy made its tirst touchdown. Caldwell Consistent Gamer. Navy found it could slice off tackle For two or three yards at a time. t’eldWell being a consistent gamer in the early part of the contest. But that kind Of gaining was not suf- +tcient alone and Just a few minutes after it Won by the first exchange o KICKS. Schuher threw long forward pass TO HarGwiCl< over the Array lacks heads for gain Of 46 yards. HardWick caught the ball on Army’s 12-yard line and ran unl1indcred to within one ward of the .-oal. From here caldwell took the iall over on his second attempt. Shortly after the Kick off, Navy punted TO Armys l5-yard line and the i,all was allowed to drop, the Army Lack thinking it would roll across for . touchback. However, Lloyd Of Navy fel on the pigslliu on the one ard line and Army again found itself 1T a tremendous disadvantage. as it vas given the ball At that spot. Army punted out to its own 25-yard line. On the first play Caldwell tore off five ards and five Army substitutes who had been warming UP along the side lines rushed into the fray. Army Lacked Fire at Start. In the first quarter the Army seemed to lack the fire of the Navy eleven and the nearest that it had possession OF the bah to the Navy’S zeal was its own 3S-yard line But with the new men in the game. Army seemed To he much stronger. But hose new men for Army. who haa lone in with only a couple of minutes oi the first quarter left. apparently were not warmed up enough. because iuInediatelT after the second quarter ‘oeued Navy started a series of line ).unges and short runs just outside md inside tackle on Il double pass which carried the hall straight down he field TO touchdown Caldwell and SChuber did practically I’ll the ball carrying, and while neither was able TO get away for long gains. Il seemed that Army could not stop them from getting from two 10 i’ve yards almost every time, espe- ,ially in that one march. Arrny’s First Score Is Sudden. The Army’s first touchdown came uddenly and unexpectedly. Just after Navy kicked off Army brought ihe ball back TO the 35-yard line On the first play Murrell was topped hut on the next Harry Will ~on dodged his way for 50 yards TO he Navy 35yard line on the next play Army gained only two yards. but hen CaSle got away around the Navy left end for 20 yards, and on the next lineup Harry Wilson broke through tackle. reversed his field. and an l3 yards TO cross the goal line. II took the Army just four plays TO carry the ball 65 yards after 1t re- Ceived the kickoff. The Army got its next touchdown. she touchdown on which il tied the score, IN a way that from the press stand seemed illegal. MurreIl punted from his 35-yard line and got off an exceptional kick Ransford fumbled on his own 15-yard line and when he fumbled. Harbold, Army end, stopped Tor It, but kicked 1t seven or eight ards toward the Navy goal. He then fell on the ball on the one-yard line and scrambled that distance 10 make “a touchdown. The kicked ball, which apparently X was. was accidental. but even i occidental. the ball should have been given 10 Navy on its own l2-yard line, instead of allowing the Army touch down. The rules provide that q free falI may not ~ kicked under penalty 0’3ft.grcG On Second Pagt1

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 29, 1926, page 1

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  ARMY and NAVY IN CHAMPIONSHIP TIE Service EleYenS Head All Other Teams in Grid Race Navy. rise today from the tangle and confusion OF season of upsets to lay grips of equal strength on the eastern football championship of 1926. Fitting and proper in the eyes of the greatest multitude that ever wit messed football game in America was the brilliant 21–⁠21 deadlock that ended the breath-tak struggle of the finest service elevens of modern gridiron history in Chicago Saturday. For while Lafayette swept through all rivals in string of nine straight victories, and Brown showed a rec ord dimmed only by a tie with Col gate. the Army and Navy alone met and conquered brand of opponents as powerful as the cast and mid west could muster. Defeat Wiped Out The curse of Army’s sole defeat of the season at the hands of Notre Dame was wiped out Saturday when Carnegie Techs inspired eleven smashed the rocks of Notre Dame 10 TO 0. and swept away all rights of the South Bend Rovers to myth cal national supremacy. Lafayette, in its crushing march through the east. rolled up $50 points, one of the highest totals in the nation. Outstanding victims IN a list that included Muhlenberg. Schuylkill. Dickinson, Albright and Susquehanna, were Pittsburgh, Washington and Jefferson. Rutgers and Lehigh. Nays smashing schedule carried the Middies from one powerful opponent to another Purdue, Richmond, Drake, Prince ton, Colgate, Michigan, West Nirginia, Wesleyan, Georgetown-and found an equal only in the Cadets at the end of the parade. Navy Not Matched But even Army, in the final an alysis, could not match in sustained brilliance and power in the season accomplishments of the Middies. The Cadets conquered Syracuse and Yale, the latter 33 to 0, but were forced to bow to the Notre Dame team which Carnegie Tech, victim of both New York University and and Jefferson, was able to trounce decisively. Brown, likewise, fell by the way side liz the quest of regional honors in the fnal struggle of the year The iron-meh of the Bear, seemingly tired from a husky campaign that brought victories over Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth, found their keenest weapon. a forward passing attack, dulled by the vigor of a charging Colgate line. The Middies, while pressed to do so, downed Colgate 10 to 7. Wilson Is Captain Election of Light Horse” Harry Wilson to the captaincy of the Army eleven next season. brings the brilliant career of the Cadet back to the threshold of his final campaign In fitting honor. 1t was the power of the tearing Army thunderbolt, once an All-American back at Penn State, that brought the Soldiers one Of the touchdowns against Navy. and his toe added three points after scores. enough it was the failure Of Wilson to kick field goal in the final minutes of play that cost Army he last chance to conquer the Sail 0rs. During the season. Wilson scored 95 points on – touchdowns and % points after touchdowns to lake second place in the list of lead ing eastern point scorers behind Mike” Wilson. Lafayette’s sophomore flash, who gathered 40 mark us on 20 touchdowns. Big Three Smashup Shattering Of the Big Three alli- Yale and Princeton left its stamp OF disaster upon the season. Princeton battered the Crimson OF Harvard. Then followed the victory and the severance OF sport relations with triumph over Yale for the Tigers second success sive Big Three title. record break ing performance. Dartmouth. cham pion OF all football in 1925, was ground to defeat in four major contests under deluge of the same passes that carried the Green TO lofty heights just a season ago. On four straight Saturdays, Yale was beaten by Brown. Army, Maryland and Princeton.

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 27, 1926, page 1

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  FINAL SCORE OF CHICAGO GAME 21–⁠21 Navy Scores One Touchdown in First Period and An. other in Second THEN ARMY TIES SCORE Cadets Make Third Touch down in Third Quarter and Navy, Ties in Fourth Chicago, Nov. 27-(R-Rich MS ia the Army Navy football fray in color and tradition. it reached the climax as a spectacle today with the great est crowd in gridiron history, close to 10000, murshaled from ali parts Of the country to fill the expanse Of the newly dedicated Soldiers Field. Thousands came from far and neur TO see and be- u part Of the brilliant. Il decidedly chilly setting; other thousands came not alone for the spectacular elements Of the games first midwestern battle-ground. but to watch q battle between two Of the most formidable elevens in the country. A Notable ThronR Few sporting events have attract ed as notable 4 throng as this and only one, the Dempsey -Tunney fi1ht Of last September in Philadelphia. had been the magnet for a greater outpouring Of fans from all walks Of life. They came by thousands from the east, where the 28 previous service tilts have been fought, and in large numbers from the south and far west to make the occasion as na. tionally representative as it is ma tlOnally interesting. Dyed-in-the- wool football fans who haven’t missed a football classic in years, mingled with such conspicuous pcrsonagcs rs Vice President Dawes, Secretaries Davis and Wilbur, Speaker Longworth. Governor Ritchie of Maryland. Mayor Walker Of New York and high officers of both branches Of the service. Thu S~m~~n sA~n1k r~..> ...~-. ise of supplying the thrills eagerly sought by the great outpouring Of spectators. Seldom have the riva, academies sent such we’ll drilled and we’ll matched elevens into battle and never before has any more sirnifi. cance been attached to the outcome. Wagering About Even Expert opinion, which largely had favored the chances Of the army. showed an overnight drift in senti.. ment toward the prospects of u navy victory for the first time since 1921. 1t didn’t require much Of drift to figure the outcome as toss..p. fer wagering on the game ut no time nut the odds on the cadets at more than z to 8. The fact that the Navy had more ut stake than the Army reacted IN favor of the Midshipmen. II was not that the Cadets had any less in centive to win but that the Midshipmen, with clean slate Of eight ma jor victories. sought victory that would clinch mythical eastern title laurels and put the sailors on u par with Alabama. Stanford, Notre Dame or any other claimant for national championship honors. The Navy’s line held decided weight advantage over its rival for ward bulwark. averaging 1871 pounds to 1872 for the rangier Cadets, but the advantage Of far greater expert ence went to the Army backfield. Clear but decidedly cold weather greeted the day Of battle. The tenn perature was freezing overnight, forecasting the necessity of furs and blankets among spectators and the possibility of difficulty in handling the pigskin by players with numbed fingers. The gridiron, we’ll protect ed by straw and waterproof COW ering from the snowstorm that swept over it yesterday afternoon. was dry and fast.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., December 2, 1926, page 8

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  COURAGE CARRIED THE NAVY TEAM TO EASTERN HONORS With Four Natural Players And Seven Willing to Listen, Navy Bill Mad, A Good Club New York, Dec. 1-(P)-”Charac ter, courage and never-say- die spirit” carried the 1925 Naval academy football team indicated through one Of the stiffest schedules Of any team in the country. In the opinion Of it’s coach. William A. (Navy BID In gram. “rhey’re just bunch Of fine, clean boys. playing the game Of their lives, Z” said Ingram. but they’re the best outfit ever coached and the greatest Navy team I ever saw” Ingram was looking his boys” ov r as he said this to an Associated Press correspondent. He singled out one youth. grinning cheerfully in spite Of a badly bruised nose, emblem of the grim 21–⁠21 battle with the Army the day before. THAT fellows typical Of our whole team” continued the coach. “He never had any real football expert ence before this year and he grad yates next June. Most of the others are of the same sort. We had only four real football players-by that mean seasoned. natural performers the others were just good, strong youngsters, who deserve all the cred it in the world for what they did. “Put together. however, they had the courage, the spirit and character to win every game against the tough est kind of opposition except that with the Army. But for break we would have won that, too. TT took a real fighting heart to pull such games out of the fire as those with Georgetown, Colgate. and Purdue. They put up their greatest de- | fensive exhibition In defeating Mich | igan but their attack against the Army was one OF the greatest and earnest have ever witnessed. “Take all this into consideration the spirit as well as the ability these boys and I don’t think you can rank them anywhere but at the top maybe not alone-but certainly not below any other team in the country. No Navy team that I can recall ever had as strong a claim to the national championship as this one”

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Officially, Navy leads 64–⁠55–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠55–⁠7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.