Army at Navy
Saturday, November 28, 1942 Share
Navy beat Army 14–0. It was their 43rd meeting; after it, Army led the series 22–17–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 27°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1942, page 1
Read the text
Boston College, Georgia Tech And Army Bow in Doy of Upsets Two football teams with perfeet records-Boston College and Georgia Tech-were defeated by humiliating scores yesterday, while Navy won a surprising 14–0 victory over Army at An napohs In a day of upsets mark ing the close of an unpredict. able season. Boston College, previously rated the Nations No. team, was swamped by Holy Cross, 55–12, while Georgia Tech was routed by Georgia, $40. The VIC tory earned Georgia bid to the Rose Bowl, and Georgia Tech was consoled in defeat by receiving a bid to meet Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The defeat of Tech and Boston College left Tulsa the lone undefeated major school In the country. Tulsa has accepted a bid to meet Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee wound UP It’s
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.
On the newsreel
- WORLD OF SPORTSNAVY BEAT ARMY IN FOOTBALL 14-0 — GEORGIA BEATS GEORGIA TECH IN FOOTBALL 34-0
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Photos from the game
Army–Navy game at Thompson Stadium in 1942Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Game play during the 1942 Army–Navy game, the last one played in Annapolis.Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Navy 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Army–Navy gameOfficially, Navy leads 64–55–7; as played, 63–55–7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.
| 2025 | Navy 17, Army 16 | |
| 2024 | Navy 31, Army 13 | |
| 2023 | Army 17, Navy 11 | |
| 2022 | Army 20, Navy 17 | |
| 2021 | Navy 17, Army 13 | |
| 2020 | Army 15, Navy 0 |
Around this game
Army
- Next gamevs. VillanovaSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonArmy in 1942
- ProgramArmy history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. North Carolina Pre-FlightSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonNavy in 1942
- ProgramNavy history and records