New Mexico at Army
Saturday, November 11, 1950 Share
No. 1 Army beat New Mexico 51–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 30°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 30,476
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1950, page 20
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-Mary. land Coach Jim Tatum put in q plea for the return of the fair. catch to college football and fol the use of a fifth official at the weekly meeting of the Football Writer’S Association here yes terday. Tatum also said the two-platoon system had not taken the game from the boys. Every quarter back Is a coach now” Tatum said Tatum, in a marathon speech also covered the value of sports in the field of higher education, poll tics, his experience as a college player and North Carolina’s use OF the “A” formation against Mary land last Saturday. New Mexico Coach Dud De Groot. whose team lost to Army 51–0 last Saturday, said Wyoming unbeaten leader of the Mountain States Conference, would give Army a great fight” Wyoming beat De Groot’s team, 44–0. De Groot also defended Army for scheduling his team. ‘‘I want to thank Army for a great adventure” the former Washington Redskin coach said. “Only three of my boys ever had been East of the ississippi and only two ever

The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 13, 1950, page 6 (results column)
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GRID STARS OF WEEKEND Here are stars OF weekend foot bali games and why: Al Pollard. LETT halfback-scored tiwce and botted seven conversions in Army’s 51–0 victory over New Mexico. Tom Watson, left end-Tallied twice 10 enable Ohio State to whip Wisconsin, 1914, John Olszewsh, fullback-scored two touchdowns including one 70 yard sprint as unbeaten California crushed UCLA, $50. Dick Kazmeier’ left half-scored twice and tossed two touchdown passes as unbeaten Princeton routed Harvard, SO to 26. Bob Williams, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pleted 10 of % passes including two four touchdowns to lead Notre Dame to 1877 victory over Pitts burgh. Jim Coley, quarterback-set up both VNII touchdowns With passes as the Cadets upset Georgia Tech 14–13. Yves Bradford RICH halfback-sophomore fifth stringer scored once and whipped out consistent gains throughout as Michigan topped In diana, 20–7. Dick Raklovits, fullback-dashed off 80 and 60 yard touchdown runs to pace Illinois to a 21–7 victory over Iowa and keep the Illinois Rose Bowl hopes alive. Dick Flowers, quarterback-tallied twice and set up third touchdown with his passing to spark Northwest ern to 1914 victory over Purdue. Bob Smith, fulback-romped IA and 70 yards for touchdowns to / lead Texas A and M to a $500 triumph over SNGU. Bobby Dillon, halfback-returned kickoff “a yards in last period to give Texas 27–2o triumph over Baylor Claude Arnold. quarterback : chucked three touchdown passes as Oklahoma stretched its victory string to % with 1913 victory over Kansas.
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 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every New Mexico–Army gameArmy leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1969 | Army 31, New Mexico 14 | |
| 1950 | Army 51, New Mexico 0 |
Around this game
New Mexico
- Next gamevs. BradleyNov. 18, 1950
- SeasonNew Mexico in 1950
- ProgramNew Mexico history and records
Army
- Next gameat StanfordNov. 18, 1950
- SeasonArmy in 1950
- ProgramArmy history and records

