Brown at Army
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Brown beat Army 13–9. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 8
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Brown–Army gameArmy leads 6–2 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1981 | Army 23, Brown 17 | |
| 1944 | Army 59, Brown 7 | |
| 1943 | Army 59, Brown 0 | |
| 1940 | Brown 13, Army 9 | |
| 1897 | Army 42, Brown 0 | |
| 1896 | Army 8, Brown 6 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonBrown in 1940
- ProgramBrown history and records
Army
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonArmy in 1940
- ProgramArmy history and records

