Villanova at Army
Saturday, September 29, 1951 Share
Villanova beat Army 21–7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Army led the series 13–2.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1951, page 39
Read the text
New Jersey HaIfbaek Scores ) Touchdowns; PIebe Stars for Army WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. o. Villanova, belted around regularly by Army football teams ever since 1908, took its revenge today on the Cadets shattered forces, grinding out a 21–7 victory as Ben Addiego. a fireplug halfback from West Mont, NJ, went across for three touchdownS. Playing their first game since the cribbing scandal robbed them
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
- FOOTBALL — VILLANOVA-ARMYFor the first time since 1915 Villanova tears through Army's depleted ranks for 21 to 7 victory. The cribbing scandal takes its toll
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 73% to win. Villanova pulled the upset.
The series
Every Villanova–Army gameArmy leads 18–3 in 21 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2022 | Army 49, Villanova 10 | |
| 1977 | Army 34, Villanova 32 | |
| 1975 | Villanova 10, Army 0 | |
| 1960 | Army 54, Villanova 0 | |
| 1959 | Army 14, Villanova 0 | |
| 1958 | Army 26, Villanova 0 |
Around this game
Villanova
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonVillanova in 1951
- ProgramVillanova history and records
Army
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonArmy in 1951
- ProgramArmy history and records