Michigan at Army

Saturday, October 14, 1950

No. 1 Army beat No. 18 Michigan 27–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–⁠0.

Away18Michigan6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
6
Home1Army8–⁠1 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°FAttendance 61,472

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Upset in Making Against Cadets In First Half Frequent FumbIes Interceptions Bring Thrill q Minute

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 42

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    Upset in Making Against Cadets In First Half Frequent FumbIes Interceptions Bring Thrill q Minute NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-During most of the first half Of today’s Army–Michigan game at Yankee Stadium, it looked as though another tremendous football upset was In the making. Michigan was leading, 60 with only couple of minutes left in the second quarter, and the fired-up Wolverines had thrilled the capacity crowd Of 67,076 with several other near misses. Then everything changed as the powerful Army team, No. l in the land, got rolling. The Cadets tied the score just before halftime, then went on to score three more touchdowns in the last two periods for a handy 27–⁠6 victory.

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)

Army 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 5–⁠5 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Michigan 24, Army 21
1962Michigan 17, Army 7
1961Michigan 38, Army 8
1956Michigan 48, Army 14
1955Michigan 26, Army 2
1954Army 26, Michigan 7

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