Army at Harvard

Saturday, November 11, 1933

Army beat Harvard 27–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 14–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayArmy9–⁠1 in 1933
27
HomeHarvard5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1933
0

FinalHigh 40°F, low 25°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story: CRUSHED BY CADET ELEVEN Texas Jack Buckler Master Of Ceremonies in 27-to-0 Conquest

    The Bismarck tribune, November 13, 1933, page 6

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    CRUSHED BY CADET ELEVEN Texas Jack Buckler Master Of Ceremonies in 27-to-0 Conquest Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 13.-(P)- With Texas Jack Buckler acting as master Of ceremonies. the undefeated Army football team Saturday celenrated the 18th anniversary OF the Armistice with rousing 27–⁠0 victory ever Harvard. But crowd of $4,000 the largest the stadium has housed this season, came prepared for rout. Buckler’s retirement, late in the third period. was probably the factor that enabled Harvard to hold the score down to q points. Early in the second period the Ca acts started marching. Joe Stancook InterceptedsDean’s pass on Arnys 40 yard line and he raced back 81 yards before Sherman knocked him outside on Harvard’s %. the spot where Buckler opened up his passinng at tack. His first pass, TO Sebastian, was grounded but the second landed in Stancooks S arms and he went over for the first touchdown. Immediately after taking the resulting kickoff, the failure Of the Harward running attack forced Dean to put to his 45-yard line Sebastians end run and his pass from Buckler put the Cadets OH Harvard’s 12-yard line, from where TeX1s Jack scored after three Off-tackle lunges. Buckler scored again in the third period, after Johnny Beall, his right tackle, recovered tumble on Harwards 43. Quarterback johnson ran Is yards through center after taking to Buckler on a spinner and then the Army’s crack passer tossed to STAN cook. Four plays later. three outside his right tackle. Buckler scored again. He placekicked the extra point, his third one. and then retired In favor Of Maury Simons, who provided the Army with its final score, early in the fourth period.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL. RESUITS.&

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 13, 1933, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL. RESUITS.& The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington 0; California B. Washington State IA; Idaho 6. Stanford 13; Southern California 2. UCLA IA; San Diego Marines 13. St. Mary’s ‘; College of Pacific O.. Montana 13; Gonzaga ‘. Oregon State 8; Oregon 13. Olympic Club T; West Coast Navy 0. Georgia ‘; Yale 0. Carnegie Tech o; Michigan 0. Johns Hopkins 6; Penn State 40. O; Princeton 2. Ohio State 20; Pennsylvania T. Duke 38; Maryland ‘. Navy T; Columbia IA. Holy Cross 27; Manhattan 6. Syracuse ?; Brown 10. Williams o; Wesleyan 6. Army 27; Harvard 0. Trinity T; Amhert 6. Illinois 3; Northwestern 0. Purdue 19; Notre Dame 0. Indiana T; Chicago T. Virginia 0; Washington and Lee 6. Sewanee IA; Vanderbilt 27. Florida ‘; Georgie Tech 19. Mississippi 6; Tennessee 35. Fordham 20; New York Univer- sity 12. Kansas 0; Nebraska 12. Baylor 3; Texas 0. College of Idaho 12; College of Puget Sound 54.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 20 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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