Harvard at Army
Saturday, October 12, 1895 Share
Harvard beat Army 4–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 34°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 13, 1895, page 3
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CADETS HOLD HARVARD DOWN TO T. West Point y. Y. oct. u (SpecaD-Notwithstanding the heavy downpour OF rain. the Harvard and West Point teams played a brilliant football. game on the parade ground to-day. The visitors expected 10 run UP a large score against the soldiers but were unable TO do so. The cadet team proved stronger than was expected and kept the Cr.msons down to points Harvard had made unusual preparations for the game. and the poor showing made against the cadets all the more d,sarpointng Nolan did good work !or the cadets, and Kings kicking was all that could be desired. Ua.lowell and Gouterman. OF Harvard were in iured and did not play In tAe second half The line up:

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 14, 1895, page 2
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Foot Ball. At Orono-Colby, 16; NJ. S. C., 6. At Brooklyn-Yale, y; Crescent. 2. AT Providence-Brown, IS; Tufts, 0. At Boston-B A. A.. 20; Amherst, O.. At Foxcrofs- Bangor, IS; Foxcroft. At Hauover-Dartnouth, So; Bates. o.. At Saco – Thorndike, 90; Bowdoip, ’99. 0. At lewiston Nichols Latin, IS; Bridgton. 0. At Princeton-Prines ton, IA; Lafaycite, o. AT Rockland-Thomaston, 4; Rock land, O. At West Point = Harvard, 4; West Point, 0. AT Andover = Technology, IA; An dover, 0. Rev. John L. Wesley of Canaan, VT, and wife, sre visiting his cousin, Mrs Charles A. Bennett, ON Green 5 reef.
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)
Harvard 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Harvard–Army gameHarvard leads 19–18–2 in 39 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 1991 | Army 21, Harvard 20 | |
| 1989 | Army 56, Harvard 28 | |
| 1984 | Army 33, Harvard 11 | |
| 1983 | Harvard 24, Army 21 | |
| 1982 | Army 17, Harvard 13 | |
| 1981 | Army 27, Harvard 13 |
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. WilliamsOct. 16, 1895
- SeasonHarvard in 1895
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. TuftsOct. 19, 1895
- SeasonArmy in 1895
- ProgramArmy history and records

