Swarthmore at Army
Saturday, October 11, 1930 Share
Army beat Swarthmore 39–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1930, page 69
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ARMY EASILY BEATS SWARTHMORE, 80 TO 0 Invaders of West Point Exhibit Courage, but Lack Power to Hold Back Cadet Tide. BY the Associated Press. NICHE STADIUM, WEST POINT, N. Y, October 11.-Army toyed with q courageous but Intellectual foot ball squad from Swarthmore today, warming up few Of the regular first team for half a period and then tossing in squads of subs until the coaches ran out of and the cheer leaders Of names. The final count was 80 to o. Minor injuries kept six of the seven first stringers in the Army forward wall out of the starting lineup, but the new backfield combination Of Car yer, Herb, Letzelter and Fields was on duty again for q few minutes of the first quarter. The first time Army got the BAH Carver cut one tackle for 20 yards, Letzelter plunged for Z and Herb raced 80 around an end to cross the Penn sylvania goal line but was called back for holding penalty. Once Army grabbed the bali again, Carver busted through the line for IL, Herb zig Jagged “a and Carver passed “a more to Fields on the Swarthmore 1-foot line. Herb plunged over, Letzelter kicked the goal and the Cadet varsity dis appeared for the day. From that point on it was all Army
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Swarthmore–Army gameArmy leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Swarthmore
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 3, 1931
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1930
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
Army
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 18, 1930
- SeasonArmy in 1930
- ProgramArmy history and records
