Navy vs. Army
Saturday, November 25, 1933 Share
Army beat Navy 12–7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Army led the series 19–11–3 in the games on file.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 26, 1933, page 1
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$4,000 SEE CADETS RALLYF0R VICTORY Middies’ Early Lead Swept Aside by BuckIer’s Drive in Second Period. TIME Cadets were hard pressed throughout the last half to stand off Navy’s threats, one of which penetrated to the Army’s 12-yard line In the third period, and hang up their ninth successive victory OF the season. The Soldiers yielded their first touchdown to an opponent In eight straight games and their second OF the season, but they came back with the games most impressive scoring IN the drive to keep their record clear OF either tie or defeat. Army’s last and perhaps biggest OBJ stacle in its drive toward perfect season is Notre Dame They climax the Eastern campaign next Saturday at the Yankee Stadium. The figures Of today’s game say that Army possessed the stronger attack ana most effective defense, particularly against aerial threats, but the fact IS that Navy was the aggressor most OF the time and had the most scoring OPP portunities in battle that was in doubt from start to finish.

The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 27, 1933, page 6
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Fighting Navy Eleven Plays Great Game But Army Wins by 1877 Count HARVARD CANDLES ON ALL OR NOTHING AND HUNlBLES YALE out its lone touchdown, Tommy Locke, took the next kick off and flashed 80 yards straight down the heart Of the gridiron and over the Eli goal. It was duel that lived up to all the glamour and glory of Harvard Yale tradition, born in 1875; the Bit ter battle Of an aroused Eli team that Numbered over the gridiron, piline up eleven first downs to Haryard’s four, only to collapse in the crucial moments when Wells and Locke we’re on the loose. In fact it was as amazing a picture OF opportunism on the loose as any football field ever has seen. for the three times Harvard had the ball in Yale territory. the Crimson scored. and two of these times the runner was on his way to a touchdown when he passed midfield.
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
- ARMY DEFEATS NAVY, 12-7Exciting views of the thirty-fourth contest between the service teams, in which the valiant Middies go down to defeat with colors flying in a thrilling battle before a record crowd of 79,000 cheering fans
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)
Army 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Army gameOfficially, Navy leads 64–55–7; as played, 63–55–7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.
| 2025 | Navy 17, Army 16 | |
| 2024 | Navy 31, Army 13 | |
| 2023 | Army 17, Navy 11 | |
| 2022 | Army 20, Navy 17 | |
| 2021 | Navy 17, Army 13 | |
| 2020 | Army 15, Navy 0 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gamevs. William & MarySept. 29, 1934
- SeasonNavy in 1933
- ProgramNavy history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Notre DameDec. 2, 1933
- SeasonArmy in 1933
- ProgramArmy history and records

