Stanford at Army
Saturday, November 6, 1948 Share
No. 4 Army beat Stanford 43–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 55°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 55,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 9, 1948, page 20
Read the text
Stanford Back Is Out For Rest OF Season PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. g. Stanford’s football hopes for the rest of the season took a king-sized Jolt today-Fullback Emery Mitch ell is out for the year and maybe for good. Mitchell suffered diSlocation of ; nearly all the ligaments in one knee early in the 43–0 loss to Army last week, and will undergo an operation next week. DR.. Fritz Roth, team physician, said 1t was questionable whether the fullback, a slashing runner and the Indians best passer. ever would play again. The Indians are favored over Montana here Saturday.
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
- ARMY CRUSHES STANFORDArmy's unbeaten grid forces ride roughshod over the West Coast Indians at Yankee Stadium. Touchdown runs by Stuart, Galiffa, Schultz and Cosentino provide the thrills for thousands as Stanford is shut out, 43-0
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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Army 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stanford–Army gameStanford leads 7–5 in 12 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2014 | Stanford 35, Army 0 | |
| 2013 | Stanford 34, Army 20 | |
| 1979 | Army 17, Stanford 13 | |
| 1976 | Army 21, Stanford 20 | |
| 1975 | Stanford 67, Army 14 | |
| 1971 | Stanford 38, Army 3 |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. MontanaNov. 13, 1948
- SeasonStanford in 1948
- ProgramStanford history and records
Army
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 13, 1948
- SeasonArmy in 1948
- ProgramArmy history and records