Harvard at Army

Saturday, October 12, 1895

Harvard beat Army 4–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayHarvard8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1895
4
HomeArmy5–⁠2 in 1895
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: CADETS HOLD HARVARD DOWN TO T.

    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:

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: Foot Ball.

    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.

Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Army 21, Harvard 20
1989Army 56, Harvard 28
1984Army 33, Harvard 11
1983Harvard 24, Army 21
1982Army 17, Harvard 13
1981Army 27, Harvard 13

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