Michigan at Army
Saturday, October 14, 1950 Share
No. 1 Army beat No. 18 Michigan 27–6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°FAttendance 61,472
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 42
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Michigan–Army gameTied 5–5 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2019 | Michigan 24, Army 21 | |
| 1962 | Michigan 17, Army 7 | |
| 1961 | Michigan 38, Army 8 | |
| 1956 | Michigan 48, Army 14 | |
| 1955 | Michigan 26, Army 2 | |
| 1954 | Army 26, Michigan 7 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonMichigan in 1950
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Army
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonArmy in 1950
- ProgramArmy history and records

