Navy at Columbia

Saturday, November 11, 1933

Columbia beat Navy 14–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayNavy5–⁠4 in 1933
7
HomeColumbia8–⁠1 in 1933
14

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story: LINEMEN OUTSHINE BACKSIN COLLEGE GAMES OF SATURAY Bill Corbus of Stanford on Top = Montgomery Beat Navy

    The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 13, 1933, page 12 (results column)

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    LINEMEN OUTSHINE BACKSIN COLLEGE GAMES OF SATURAY Bill Corbus of Stanford on Top = Montgomery Beat Navy Chicago, Nov. 13.-UP).-Led Dy Bill Corbus, Stanford guard, the unsung heroes” of the line over shadowed the backs at their own game of scoring last week. With the score tied, 7–⁠7, Corbus Kicked two field goals from place. ment in the fourth period to give Stanford 1877 triumph over Southern California and end the IroJans’ far western supremacy. Corbus also was outstanding on de. fensive play Outstanding splayes in each sec- tion follows: Herman Everhardus, Michigan halfback-who counted the four points by which Michigan won it’s 18th straight game from Iowa. TO- 6, on a place kick after touchdown and field goal. East Ken Fairman, Princeton end who caught an 18-yard pass and plunged yards for the touch- down by which Princeton beat Dartmouth, TO. Cliff Montgomery, Columbia quarterback-who scored both touchdowns in Columbias 14–⁠7 victory over the Navy. South Welcome Shearer, Florida cen- ter-who blocked a punt and chased it over goal for a touch down, and played potently on of- fense and defense as his team lost to Georgia Tech, 19–⁠7. Ralph Kercheval, Kentucky fullback-who scored 15 points in kentucky’s 21–⁠6 victory over V. M. l., running 32 yards for one touch- down, ten for another and place. kicking three extra points. Far West Willis Little Giant) Smith, Idaho quarterback-who squirmed his way S5 yards through Wash ington State team for his teams S only touchdown in 14–⁠6 defeat. Mike Mikulak, Oregon fullback who led Oregon’s 71-yard march for the first touchdown in his teams 13–⁠3 victory over previous ly unbeaten Oregon State.

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.

On the newsreel

  • COLUMBIA SCUTTLES NAVY, 14-7Thrilling scenes at Baker Field as the Lions, aided by their sterling back, Cliff Montgomery, send the Midshipmen down to defeat in one of the football season’s most surprising upsetsUniversal Newsreel, November 13, 1933. Watch at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Columbia 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Navy leads 13–⁠9–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
1955Navy 47, Columbia 0
1954Navy 51, Columbia 6
1953Navy 14, Columbia 6
1952Navy 28, Columbia 0
1951Navy 21, Columbia 7
1950Navy 29, Columbia 7

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