Colgate at Army

Saturday, October 31, 1936

Colgate beat No. 6 Army 14–⁠7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Army led the series 7–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayColgate6–⁠3 in 1936
14
Home6Army6–⁠3 in 1936
7

FinalHigh 53°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota, Yale, Army Beaten; Fordha1n and Pitt Tie, O to O

    Evening star, November 1, 1936, page 1 (results column)

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    Minnesota, Yale, Army Beaten; Fordha1n and Pitt Tie, O to O Minnesotas mighty foot ball team finally fell by the wayside yesterday after q straight victories, but this was merely a high light of an afternoon into which was crowded the most startling series of upsets in years. Yale. Army, Holy Cross and villanova, all hitherto undefeated and united, saw their clean states marred as the Nations underdogs continued to explode championship dreams. Texas A. and M. also lost for the first time, as did Auburn. II was Northwestern, one Of the few still undefeated, which halted Min nesota, 60, In thriller before $1,000 persons at Evanston, H. In another battle which shared the national spot light unbeaten Fordham played q scoreless tie with powerful Pittsburgh. Both service elevens were beaten, Army being the surprise victim of Colgate, 14–⁠7. while Navy bowed to Pennsylvania, 1916. The East was left without Q major united and indicated team as Temple trounced Holy Gross, 80; Dartmouth

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. Colgate pulled the upset.

Army leads 24–⁠5–⁠2 in 31 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Army 42, Colgate 17
2018Army 28, Colgate 14
1997Army 35, Colgate 27
1995Army 56, Colgate 14
1993Army 30, Colgate 0
1991Army 51, Colgate 22

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