Navy at Harvard

Saturday, November 14, 1936

Navy beat Harvard 20–⁠13. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayNavy6–⁠3 in 1936
20
HomeHarvard3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1936
13

Finallow 40°F, 0.12 in. of rainAttendance 42,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: M|DD|ES CONQUER | HARVARD, IS SparkpIug HaIfback Comes Through When Sailors Offensive Bogs..

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1936, page 33

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    M|DD|ES CONQUER | HARVARD, IS SparkpIug HaIfback Comes Through When Sailors Offensive Bogs.. ~AMBRIDGE, Mass, November l4.-Navy Bill Ingram set OF two touchdown salvos to ~ give the Midshipmen’s war. weary foot ball crew a 20–⁠13 victory over Harvard’s stubborn forces today before a 5000 crowd at the stadium. The l70-pound sailor from Culver, Ind. the heaviest gun in the Nays attacking squadron. was rushed into action every time his mates faltered against the hard-fighting Hartards, who found themselves trailing. 1876, at the half but had the courazs and determination TO outplay their rivals during all but the first minute nf tha second half. The Navy took the opening kick. on down for a touchdown, chiefly because Harvard was penalized for roughing the kicker Just when the Midshipmen appeared safely bottled on their side Of the gridiron. This l5-yard advancement, which moved the ball to Harvard’s As, upset the defending team to such a degree that Newell Thomas and Charley Reimann, who started in the places of Ingram and his co-star. Sneed Schmidt, raced and passed to the 4-yard line, where Thomas went over for the first touch down.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 31; UCLA T. Southern California 0; Washing ton 12. Oregon O; California 28. Stanford 20; Oregon State IA. Idaho 0; Montana 16. Tennessee 26; Vanderbilt 13. Brigham Young T; Denver Uni versity 35 Colorado University 13; Utah Ag gies A. Arkansas IT; Southern Methodist 0. Notre Dame 20; Army 6. Northern g; Michigan 0. Holy Cross 32; Brown 0. Georgetown 0; Manhattan 13. Syracuse O; Columbia IT, Villanova o; Temple 6. Penn State 12; Penn 19 Duquesne 13; Carnegie Tech 0. Indiana 20; Chicago T. Navy 20; Harvard 13. Duke 27 North Carolina ‘. North Carolina State 6; Catholic University ‘. Yale 26 Princeton g. Dartmouth 20; Cornell 6. Rutgers o; New York University 46. Purdue IS; Iowa O. Cincinnati 6; Wisconsin IT. Iowa State T. Kansas State AT. Texas 19; Minnesota AT. Michigan State Al; Kansas O. Ohio State 13; Illinois 0. Pittsburgh 19; Nebraska 6. Tulsa 21; Drake 6. Missouri 21; Oklahoma IA Mississippi 0; Marquette 33. Alabama 20; Georgia Tech Is. Georgie l2. Tulane G. Louisiana State i9; Auburn 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 19, St. Mary’s o. GonZaga IA; Portland University 13.

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)

Navy 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1–⁠3 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Navy 0, Harvard 0
1937Navy 0, Harvard 0
1936Navy 20, Harvard 13
1908Harvard 6, Navy 6
1907Harvard 6, Navy 0

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