Washington and Lee at Army
Saturday, October 3, 1936 Share
Army beat Washington and Lee 28–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Army led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 44°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 4, 1936, page 28
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ARMY LOOKS GOOD IN EASY TRIUMPH Applies Power When Needed to Beat Generals, 28–0. Meyer Sets Pace. VIIEsr fo POINT Mt N; ~, r. ,s,’ October Oss w chine chine that appeared to to whatever it pleased repulsed tbs Southern threat of the Washington and Lee Generals. $50. today Before an opening game crowd Of $4,000 fans in Niche Stadium. Led by the elusive and wingfooted Monk Meyer, the Cadets rang up touchdown In each Of the four quarters. Meyers personally accounted for two of the scores. Army came up with two fine looking young backs to help Meyer and John Ryan through the 1886 CAM paign. Woodrow Wilson Of Big Spring. Tex, and Jimmy Craig Of Pauls Valley, Okla, showed plenty Of class as they lugged the ball through the powerful Southern line.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1936, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL &6REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played in the States last Saturday after, noon: Stanford IS; Washington State IA Idaho o. Washington g. St. Mary’s 10; California 0. Willamette 0; Oregon State 13. Oregon 0; Southern California 26. Michigan State 21; Michigan ‘. University of San Francisco 13; San Jose State 0. Duke 21; South Carolina O. Marquette 12; Wisconsin 6. Virginia 0; Pitt 34 Davidson o. Navy 19. Washington and Lee 0; Army 28. Williams T; Princeon 27. Lafayette 0; Pennsylvania 35. Shenandoah 0; Catholic Univer- sity 81. Vanderbilt 37; Chicago o. Iowa T; Northwestern Is. Cornell o; Yale 23. Providence s; Holy Cross 21. New York University 0; Ohio State 60. Miami 20: Case 2. F’rankliny and Marshall T; Ford ham 66. Arkansas IA; Texas Christian 18. Louisiana State 6; Texas 6; tie. Washington University at St. Louis ‘; Illinois 13. Amherst 6; Harvard 38 Auburn 0; Tulane o. Notre Dame 21; Carnegie Tech T. SUNDAY GAMES Detroit 6; Villanova 13. Portland University O; Santa Clara 27.
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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington and Lee–Army gameArmy leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1947 | Army 65, Washington and Lee 13 | |
| 1936 | Army 28, Washington and Lee 0 | |
| 1916 | Army 14, Washington and Lee 7 |
Around this game
Washington and Lee
- Next gamevs. West VirginiaOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonWashington and Lee in 1936
- ProgramWashington and Lee history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. ColumbiaOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonArmy in 1936
- ProgramArmy history and records
