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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 1, 1896, page 16

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  DOWNED THE CADETS, Beaten by Yale by a Score of I6 to 2. like and the largest crowd Of spectators that has ever been seen on the parade grounds of the military academy, greeted the Yale and cadet football representatives this after noon. Towards the close Of the first half when the ball had been in the neignborhood of West Points goal line for fully FIVE min utes, there was a touch back attempted. but 1t only resulted in Yale scoring two more for Safety Score for the first: Yale, g.; West Point, 2. There was no change in the line up when the men appeared on the field for the second half, but the West Pointers were not quite as strong as In the first part Of tic game. Rogers carried the ball across the line for eles touchdown. Hinkey kicked the goal. Score: ale 16; West Point, 2.

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 2, 1896, page 3

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  Yale Wins From West Point. West Point. NY, Nov. 2.-The largest crowd of spectators ever seen on the parade grounds of the military academy greeted the Yale and cadet football teams Saturday. Yale proved the stronger and won by a score of 16 to 2

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 1, 1896, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL YESTERDAY. Atlanta, Ca, Oct 31-Foot- ball elevens of the University of Georgia and University of North Carolina play ed a hotly contested game here this afternoon in the presence of several thousand people, many of them visitors attracted to the city by the inaugural ceremonies. The game resulted in a victory for the Georgia team by the score of 16 to “a. Needham, Mass, Oct 31.-Institute of Technology, 4; Needham Athletic Association, O. AT Charlottesville, Va.-University of Virginia. A; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 0. Lexington, Va, Oct. Virginia Military Institute, IA; st. Johns Col lege, of Annapolis, 0. Princeton, N. j., Oct. Princeton, 81; Cornell, 0. Boston, Oct. 31.-Harvard, 4; Car Isle, 0. West Point, N. Y, Oct. 31-Yale, 16; West Point, 2. Annapolis, Md, Oct. Cadets, 40; Rutgers, 6. Detroit, Oct University of Michigan, 40; Lehig’h, o. Aston, Pa, Oct. 31-Lafayette, IS; Vicksburg, 0. Williamsport, Pa, Oct. Bucknell, 10; State College, 0. Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 31.-Swarthmore 4; Gettysburg, IL. New York, Oct. 31.-Eli2abeth A. c., 50; Stevens Institute, 0.

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.

Yale leads 22–⁠16–⁠8 in 46 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.