Army at Columbia

Saturday, October 14, 1939

Army and Columbia tied 6–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 3–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayArmy3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1939
6
HomeColumbia2–⁠4–⁠2 in 1939
6

FinalHigh 58°F, low 47°FAttendance 27,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 16, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Oct. IA Duke Thirteen-Pitt 14 Cornell 20-Princeton 2 Penn 6-Yale 0 Army 6-Columbia 6 Tie Dartmouth 0-Navy 0 Tie Northwestern 0-Ohio State 13 Texas Christian 1l-Temple 13 Fordham 0-Tulane 2 Nebraska 10-IoWa State 2 Purdue 13-Minesota 13 Tie Southern Methodist 19-- Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61-Chicago 0 Oregon 6-California0 Washington 0-Wash. State 6 UCLA 14-Stanford IA Tie Oregon State 14-U of Portland 12 Illinois 0-Southern Cal 26

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 61% to win.

Army leads 14–⁠4–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1982Army 41, Columbia 8
1956Army 60, Columbia 0
1955Army 45, Columbia 0
1954Army 67, Columbia 12
1953Army 40, Columbia 7
1952Army 14, Columbia 14

Around this game

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