Navy at Yale
Saturday, October 26, 1940 Share
Navy beat Yale 21–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 27, 1940, page 30 (results column)
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Navy, Georgetown. Boston Col lege, Lafayette and Penn State. the other unbeaten Eastern outfits, won decisively. Georgetown ran its unbeaten streak to 81 games with a 800 rout of new York U. Navy hammered Yale into submission, 21–0; Lafayette knocked over hap less Army, 1910: Penn State ran up an 1870 count on Temple, and Boston College spilled st. Anselm’s, $50. Dartmouth surprised with a 7–6 decision over Harvard and Browns 9–6 victory over Holy Cross also was cause for eyebrow-lifting. Princeton handed Rutgers its first defeat, 28–13 and Wesleyan defeated Amherst, in an upset, 14–6, in the first game of the Little Three series. Minnesota turned loose all its power and trampled Iowa, 34–6. bebore 5000 q George Franck scored four touchdown. Northwestern,
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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Yale gameYale leads 5–4–1 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1988 | Navy 41, Yale 7 | |
| 1981 | Yale 23, Navy 19 | |
| 1952 | Navy 31, Yale 0 | |
| 1951 | Navy 7, Yale 7 | |
| 1942 | Navy 13, Yale 6 | |
| 1940 | Navy 21, Yale 0 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonNavy in 1940
- ProgramNavy history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonYale in 1940
- ProgramYale history and records

