Navy vs. Army
Saturday, November 27, 1937 Share
Army beat Navy 6–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Army led the series 21–13–3 in the games on file.
FinalAttendance 102,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 29, 1937, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
FOOT {3AG5 al Ia[3SWG rs Mr The following are final scores Of Saturday football games: Missouri O; UCLA 10. Michigan State IA; San Francisco 0. Oregon “a; San Diego Marines T.. Louisiana State 20; Tulane 7. Rice ID; Baylor z. Stanford o; Columbia 0. New York University 7; Fordham 20. Army 6; Navy 0. Holy Cross 20; Boston 0. Pittsburgh 10; Duke 0. Southern California 6; Notr e Dame 10. Auburn IA; Florida 0. Southern Methodist 0; Texas Christian 3. Nebraska 3; Kansas State 0. Georgia 6; Georgia Tech 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 27; Gonzaga 0 Villanovia %; Loyola Of Los Angeles O.
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
- HOBGOBLINS TAKE BROADWAYEnormous monsters filled with helium float down the Big Town’s main street in the annual Thanksgiving Day parade promoted by a prominent department store.
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 56% 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 88 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. 24, 1938
- SeasonNavy in 1937
- ProgramNavy history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Wichita StateSept. 24, 1938
- SeasonArmy in 1937
- ProgramArmy history and records