Columbia at Army
Saturday, October 24, 1953 Share
Army beat Columbia 40–7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Army led the series 10–4–3.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 43°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 23,520
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 25, 1953, page 69
Read the text
Vann Leads Cadets To Lopsided Score By Slick Faking WESTPOINT, N. Y, Oct. “a Pete Vann, a slick ball handling faker from Hamburg, NY, led Army to a lopsided 40–7 victory over outmanned Columbia today as the cadets continued to move up in the football world. Vann threw two touchdown passes-16 yards to Lowell Sis
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Columbia–Army gameArmy leads 14–4–3 in 21 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1982 | Army 41, Columbia 8 | |
| 1956 | Army 60, Columbia 0 | |
| 1955 | Army 45, Columbia 0 | |
| 1954 | Army 67, Columbia 12 | |
| 1953 | Army 40, Columbia 7 | |
| 1952 | Army 14, Columbia 14 |
Around this game
Columbia
- Next gameat CornellOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonColumbia in 1953
- ProgramColumbia history and records
Army
- Next gameat TulaneOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonArmy in 1953
- ProgramArmy history and records