Columbia at Army

Saturday, October 25, 1941

Army beat Columbia 13–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayColumbia3–⁠5 in 1941
0
HomeArmy5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1941
13

FinalHigh 51°F, low 44°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stanford Wps Wasngton 49, Gain Lead Pacific Coast Conference Army Wrecks Columbia, 1910, With Rugged Ground Attack For Fourth Win in Row

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1941, page 41

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    Stanford Wps Wasngton 49, Gain Lead Pacific Coast Conference Army Wrecks Columbia, 1910, With Rugged Ground Attack For Fourth Win in Row 40 TO the Army l8 on runs and reverses he started to Phil Bayer and Ken Germann. But when they reached that mark, the Lions ran out of gas and had 10 stop. Army sewed the ball game up as safe as bank vault in the games first series OF plays. Columbia kicked off and Mazur ran 1t back to the Army 27. From there it was. 1arade of Army tanks over the walloped Columbia tackles. Hill picked up II, Hatch got 10. Hill gained 10 more. Hatch added 7. That’s how it went all the way down field, with MaZur sticking in a bid every now and then Finally. Hill slipped in between his own left end and tackle. slid past four tacklers and bounced over for touchdown from Is yards out. Gene Smith added the point. Gets Late Touchdown. Then in the fourth quarter after the one Columbia threat had petered out and the clock showed less than INO iIliLlulcS “ ~ liic Amy duucu its final six points. Columbia had taken kick on its own II. Cover nall was dropped all the way back to the 5 on an attempted pass. He faded back on the next play and pitched again, but Maz,Ir caught it. like Joe Di Maggie and just bulleti his way through for 81 yards ana the tally. , Except in the air war. where Co. / lumbia did whatever advancing / there was Army was the whole show / The cadets cracked through for 13 first downs TO seven and gained 2lI yards to los. and the way they pa raded showed Notre Dame is in for anything but soft touch next Sat- urday afternoon. 1t also proved the biggest reconstruction program in any of Uncle Sans departments Is the one Red Blaik has turned in & here

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Army Defeats Columbia, 1910

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1941, page 1

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    Army Defeats Columbia, 1910 WEST POINT, N. Y. Oct. IS The Army developed unexpected power this afternoon and battered a favored Columbia team, Is to 0. Army scored in the first and final quarters and turned back every Lion threat. Army rolled for 81 yards upon receiving the opening kickoff, scoring its winning touchdown before Columbia ever had its hands on the BALI Hill capped that march with a 16-yard deep reverse for a touchdown. Army outrushed Columbia, 210 yards TO SO, and out-first-downed the Lions, 1877.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Army Puts If Over On Columbia fl West Pointers Generally 0uipIdy Throughout Game 10 Win

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1941, page 5

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    Army Puts If Over On Columbia fl West Pointers Generally 0uipIdy Throughout Game 10 Win WEST POINT. N. Y. Oct. 27 Before a sellout crowd of 23.0D0 persons the Army last Saturday afternoon paraded 73 yards for . touchdown in the first quarter aina then scored again in an intercept.’ cd pass in the final period The Army generally outplayed Columbia throughout the game 10 down the Lions and remain among the nations unbeaten teams. The Army won by 8 score of l3 to n

  • The Henderson daily dispatch's story: Football Results

    Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 27, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Duke q. Pittsburgh 7. wake Forest l3. Carolina o. n. G. State A, NcWbcrry O.. Furman 81, Davidson l3. Mississippi 90, Tulane 10. Vanderbilt as, Princeton 7. Texas 40, Rice O.. Alabama 81, Georgia IA. Minnesota 7, Michigan 0. Navy O., Harvard 0. Fordham 90, Texas–Christian ii. Army 13. Columbia 0. Cornell 81, Colgate 2. Dartmouth 7, Yale 0. Pennsylvania SIS, Maryland I. Virginia Tech 10, w. & L. 3. Georgia Tech 26, Auburn IA. Kentucky 18. w. Virginia 6. V. M. |. 25, Richmond Z. Purdue 7. Iowa 6. Missouri 6, Nebraska 0. Notre Dame 40. Illinois IA. Northwestern IA. Ohio State 7. California IA, Southern Gallo, MIA 0. Stanford 10, Washington 7. Washington State 7, Oregon State 0. U. G.. L. A. IA, Oregon 7. The world can use les speed and more sense.

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)

Columbia 51% to win. Army won as Elo’s underdog.

Army leads 14–⁠4–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 13 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

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