Brown at Army

Saturday, November 9, 1940

Brown beat Army 13–⁠9. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayBrown6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1940
13
HomeArmy1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1940
9

FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: brown 0UTP0lNTS ARMY BY l3 TO g Sheehan Dashes IS Yards For First Score Of Game In Third Quarter

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 8

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    brown 0UTP0lNTS ARMY BY l3 TO g Sheehan Dashes IS Yards For First Score Of Game In Third Quarter WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. O. R-Once-beaten Brown combined razzle da7kle double reverses and straight football here today to out point Army 13 to 9, in the first game between the teams in A years. After a scoreless first half, the 25, 1000 fans in Niche stadium third largest crowd in West Point history-were brought to their feet in the third quarter when Bill Sheehan dashed 45-yards down the side line for the first score of the game. 1t was double reverse, with Bron Stepczyk and Joe Mar. solini handling the ball first. Err, ME Savignano converted with a drop kick. Less than two minutes l e r, Hank Mazur, Army’s candidate, for All-American honors in his sophomore years, wormed his way 52-yards to a touchdown after ev. cry Brown man had his hands on him at least once. Fred Tate con. verted from placement to tie the count. Pete Laudati set up Browns Win ming touchdown play with a 81. yard gallop to Army’s 18-yard stripe as the last quarter opened. 2

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)

Brown 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Army 23, Brown 17
1944Army 59, Brown 7
1943Army 59, Brown 0
1940Brown 13, Army 9
1897Army 42, Brown 0
1896Army 8, Brown 6

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