Army at Michigan
Saturday, October 13, 1956 Share
No. 12 Michigan beat No. 15 Army 48–14. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Army led the series 5–2.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 48°FAttendance 93,101
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 66
Read the text
Routs Army, 46–14,on Bruiisiing Power Wolverines Rebound By Forcing Cadets Into Eight FumbIes ANN ARBOR, Mich, oct. l3 IP.-Michigan’s fighting mad Wolverines. their bruising single wing striking with lightning preclsion, crumbled Army, 48–14, tc day before a crowd of 93,101. Only two touchdowns in the closing minutes saved Army from the same humiliation it suffered in 1910 when Penn whipped the Cadets, 48-O, Their worst loss in their football his tory. While their burly linemen re- PEELED every Army threat until
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)
Michigan 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Army–Michigan gameTied 5–5 in 10 meetings, counting the three 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
Army
- Next gameat SyracuseOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonArmy in 1956
- ProgramArmy history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonMichigan in 1956
- ProgramMichigan history and records

