Ohio Wesleyan at Army

Saturday, November 23, 1929

Army beat Ohio Wesleyan 19–⁠6. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayOhio Wesleyan0–⁠1 in 1929
6
HomeArmy6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1929
19

FinalHigh 35°F, low 26°F, 0.03 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ARMY IS OUTGA|NED BUT WINS, 10 TO 6 Regulars Turn Trick After Reserves Held Even by Ohio Wesleyan.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1929, page 74

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    ARMY IS OUTGA|NED BUT WINS, 10 TO 6 Regulars Turn Trick After Reserves Held Even by Ohio Wesleyan. w VEST POINT. N. Y, November NA 23.-Army’s foot ball team wv said good-by to the home folk today by defeating Ohio Wesleyan, 10 to 6, In a game in which the visitors from Delaware, Ohio, were in the game from first to last. It was the last appearance Of Capt. Keener eagle Wertz Murrel, Buster Perry and Herb Gibner at Niche Stadium and two Of the quartet said their farewells with touchdowns. eagle and Murrel counted one each. Perry played a great defensive game and Gibner was a star OF the starting team which did so we’ll that Coach Bih Jones let 1t play half the game. Army has two games left to play, but one is in New York and the other at Palo Alto, Calf. The visitors were a constant threat to Army throughout the flrst half when the reserves were representing the home forces. The Bishops outSained the Cadets and stopped Army assaults which were few and far between. When the regulars were rushed in to start the second half they, too, had to beat ! back a sustained Ohio Wesleyan drive, but with this accomplished, Capt. eagle took the situation in his hands and ran 66 yards to score and break the deadlock: eagle later tossed Q pass to Glattly on Ohio Wesleyan’S 1-yard line, and on the next play Murrel plunged over for the second counter. Ed Messenger and Jack Price won assists on this scoring play, for they placed the Cadets In scoring position. Messenger blocked an Ohio Wesleyan kick and Price fell on the ball on the 20-yard line. Hertz, who was the second best run ner on the field today, being ranked only by eagle, scored the single touch down registered by the visitors. He took pass behind the goal line to score without vigorous opposition after a clever pass, growing out of fake place ment kick, had put the ball in easv reaching distance Of the Army goal line Polly Humber, big Army guard, accounted for the last touchdown when he placed himself in front of a desperate Wesleyan pass, tossed as Wertz was about to be driven into the ground by a covey OF Army tacklers. After Hum Der caught the ball he had only to run IS yards. II they paid of in foot ball on FIRST downs Ohio Wesleyan would have won hand1ly. The visitors ran up a total OF 19 to for the Army. almost the same score OF points by which Army | won, The Bishops, with wertz CARRYING the orunt OF the burden, Smothered Army players time after time with great in | reference and clicked OF many gain ing plays. With one exception, how | ever, the home guard was equal to the task when danger threatened. Kraft twice tried place kicks, once from the So-yard line and again 10 yards closer 10 the posts, but they went awry.

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Chalks up Second Successive Yale Victor, Cadets Defeat Ohio Wesleyan 10 to 6 in Last Home Contest of

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 24, 1929, page 1

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    Chalks up Second Successive Yale Victor, Cadets Defeat Ohio Wesleyan 10 to 6 in Last Home Contest of took Hodges punt on Brownsville’s 36-yRrd stripe and returned II ga yards for q touchdown. 1t was an extremely pretty piece on broken field running, aided BY smooth in reference. Barnhart walked around right end for the extra point. Score Brownsville 80, Austin 10. Bennett kicked or ITO Hodges on Austin’s five-yard stripe. The Ma room back was stopped on the 81 yard marker by Cabler. OBryan knocked down Hodges pass. summers and SylveSte stoppe James after u two-yard gain nc left tackle, Strandtman made q yard a. center on “a fake kick. Frank Cortez stop ped him. James punted to Newman ON the Brownsville 35-yard marker and the quarter returned II ten yards. Cabier lost a yard at right tackle. Longoria made six at left end but fumbled and Tayl-r recovered on Austin’s 49-yard marker. IA pass Hodges TO Rundell was incomplete. Hodges made five ct ICAANGA 60 1nG 4hh4 EAAGC1- Fourth Quarter Cabler broke up n pass. Hodges 10 James. Austin took q flve-yard penalty for two incompleted pass Is. James punted to Newman who was forced out OF bounds on his I4-yard line. Barnhart hit center for seven. Newman spun I ugh the same position for two and big Dan” added the other necer-ary u yard for q first down. Newman got away for another first down through center on BruwnsviIle’s 34-yard line. Cabler made a yard nc right tackle and Longer added five with q sweeping end run. : jmeone was offside. however, and the Eagles were doled out a five-yard penalty. Newman spun two and Barnhart lost a yard ~ center Big Dan” then elected to 7unt James received the spiral and FUN bled IL. Sylvester pounced ON tho bounding oval on Austin’s 47-yarc line Longoria. who was comine through beautifully, made rs yards at left guard for first down or AuStin’s 37-yard line. Barnharl plunged two at center and Newman

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1929, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The fo.iowing are -:nai scores of important football games played in various parts of the states last Saturday afternoon: Chicago 26; University of Wash ington 6. Stanford 21; California 6. Oregon Aggies IA; University of Detroit 2. Oregon T; Hawaii 0. University of Southern California 72; Idaho 0. Notre Dame 26; Northwestern 6. Army 19; Ohio Wesleyan 6. Navy 30; West Virginia Wesleyan 6. Harvard 10; Yale 6. New York University 20; Rutgers V. Illinois 27; Ohio 0. Lehigh 13; Lafayette 12 Michigan 0; Iowa 0. Swarthmore 32; Dickinson 0. Florida 20; South Carolina 2. Missouri 2; Kansas 0. Nebraska 10; Kansas Aggies 6. Purdue 32; Indiana O. Minnesota IS; Wisconsin 12. Washington State 27; Gonzaga

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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