Columbia at Navy

Saturday, October 4, 1947

Columbia beat Navy 13–⁠6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 8–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayColumbia7–⁠2 in 1947
13
HomeNavy1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1947
6

FinalHigh 68°F, low 54°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNDER WAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 6, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNDER WAY NEW YORK, Oct 6-lR-One of these days the folks who have been too busy following the World Series to notice college football are going to find that the grid season al ready is well under way and that the action to date has resulted in such impressions as these: 1.-Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas and Georgia Tech look like the teams most likely to battle it out for the mythical national crown. 2.-The title chase in the Pacific Coast Conference threatens to be the dizziest of them all 3.-Army refuses to roll over and play dead, even though Glenn Da- wis and Doc Blanchard are no longer on the premises Notre Dame. the nations No. l team in 1946, arrived on the scene Saturday and, although somewhat tardy picked right up where it left off last year by crushing Pitts burgh, 40–⁠6. Michigan, which entertains Pitt Saturday, lambasted Stanford 49- l3, while Georgia Tech blanked Tu- lane, 20-O, and Texas trounced North Carolina, $40, running the Tar Heels bid for an l-victorious season with one of the outstanding performances of the day. On Pacific Coast Meanwhile. Washington State dumped Idaho, TO- and Oregon State stopped Washington, 14–⁠7, in couple of surprises on the Pacific Coast while UCLA bowed to North western 27–⁠26. Nevada upset Ore gon, 13–⁠6. and Southern California was held to a tie by Rice, TT All of which makes California, originally tagged as an also ran on the Pacific Coast, look more and mere Ike the team to beat after its 45–⁠6 runaway over St Mary’s. Army, unbeaten since 1943, waltz cd merrily along with a 47–⁠0 breeze through Colorado, indicating that the Cadets are not going to be pushed around this year despite personnel losses. Army’s true strength will be test cd Saturday when the Cadets risk their 30-game undefeated record against Illinois, 35–⁠12 conqueror of Iowa, at New York in the Easts foremost attraction. Duke, 19–⁠7 winner over Tennes- see, plays Navy at Baltimore while Columbia, which stopped Navy, 13 6, entertains Yale, 14–⁠0 winner over Cornell, in an Ivy League contest. Notre Dame this week invades Purdue, surprise 24–⁠20 winner over Ohio State, while Ohio State enter tains Southern California and Wis consin plays host to California. Oregon will be at UCLA and Idaho at oregon State in the Pa cific Coast Conference Washington plays host to St. Marys.

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

Navy leads 13–⁠9–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1955Navy 47, Columbia 0
1954Navy 51, Columbia 6
1953Navy 14, Columbia 6
1952Navy 28, Columbia 0
1951Navy 21, Columbia 7
1950Navy 29, Columbia 7

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