Dickinson at Navy
Saturday, October 25, 1902 Share
Dickinson beat Navy 6–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Navy led the series 3–1–1.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 26, 1902, page 1
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DICKINSON DEFEATS THE NIDDIES THE REGULAR BACKS AND SEVERAL OF THE ANNAPOLIS LINEMEN UNA BILE TO PLAY. Annapolis Nd. Oct 25.-The Naval Academy eleven the proud ,onouerors a few days ago of the University of Pennsylvania. defeated to-day by Dickinson College by TO 0. The poor showing of the Mddies is attributed 10 the absence from The field of all the regular backs and several line men. who were kept out Of the game by Illness or Injuries. In the first few minutes Of play the Navy did good work carrying the pigskin 10 Dick inson’s 15-yard line. Here the visitors made stand and. securing the ball, carried II steadily back until Stuart pushed over the line Tor a touchdown. Stanton kicked the goal. The feature OF the game was a thlrty-yard run through right guard by Tompknson. The play ing OF Stuart, Stanton and Seelcy FOR Dickinson, and McNair. Wilson and BIakeley for the Navy noteworthy. Almost torrd weather made Il impossible for the participants TO play good ball and several players were compelled TO retire The liuRup

The Washington times, October 26, 1902, page 10
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DICKINSON COLLEGE wins FROM ANNAPOLIS Scored Six in First Half. Which Was Plenty. ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-The football team of the Annapolis midshipmen was defeated here this afternoon by the eleven Of Dickinson College. by score of to 0. The scoring was done In the first half. Stuart made a touch down for the visitors, breaking through an opening made Cor him by Seely and Tompkinscn for twelve yards, and STAN ton kicked a difficult goal. The navy was never nearer than thirty yards to its opponents goal line. this occurring in the early part of the first half. The defeat is particularly CALLING to the middies, as 1t is the first time in the athletic history of the institution that it’s football team has been defeated by Dickinson team. although the two teams have been playing Off and on for years. Even more bitter circumstance Is the fact that the same team was defeated two weeks ago by West Point. to ;he tune of IL to 0. The lineup:

The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 26, 1902, page 10 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES. Results of the Leading College Teams in Yesterdays Games. At Ann Michigan. Sc; Ohio State university. Al ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS: Kansas. 0. At Des Moines-Minnesota “a; Iowa, O. At Chicago.-Chicago. s: Illinois. o. At Observation-Disclosures. p; George town, 0. At St Joseph.-Nebraska. z; Missouri,. 0 At mbridge.-Harvard, s; Brown, Q. At West POint.-West Point, Is; VIII Al ithaca Cornell. 81; oberlin. 0. At Princeton.-Princeton. p; Column At Philadelphia – Pennsylvania. 6; Bucknen. 5 At Lexington, Ky.-Kentuely university, 20: Georgetown college, 0. At Columbus O.-Ohio Medical university s: Washington & jefferson, s. At Des Moines.-Drake university. So; Iowa state normal. 8. At Crawfordvine. Ind.-Wabash. %; Rose Polytechnic, o At Danville, Ky.-Central university, u; Miami g. AT Ames. Ia.-Cornen Qows). II; Iowa Agricultural college, ID. At st. LOuis.-Suwanee university, %; Washington university. s, At Topeka. Kan.-Haskell Indians. Al: Washburn college. 3. At Annapolis. Dickinson, 6; Navy. 0. At Chicago,-Knox, Is: Northwestern, II. At South Bend, Ind-Notre Dame, Z; At Lafayette. Ind.-Purdue. 5: Case school. 0. At Cleveland.-Western Reserve, p; Buffalo university. O. AT Knoxville.-Vanderbilt, y; University OF Tennessee, ;. At NashVille.-UniVerslty of Nashville, Il; State College Of Kentucky, 0. At Enthusiastically Of Georgia. o; Georgia Neurological, 0. At Starkville, Miss.-University or MISsissippi q; A. & NJ. college, q. AT New Orleans.-Tulane, o; Auburn | (Ala.) university, 0. Al Denver.-Denver Athletic club. 81 | Kansas state normal, 0. Al DenVer.-State school OF mines. TO- | Denver university, O. At Colorado Enthusiastically OF ! Colorado, y: Colorado college. s. AT Roanoke Va.-University Of North Carolina, 0; Virginia Polytechnic, o. | At Charlottesville, Na--University OF / Virginia, O.; ST. Johns, 0. | At Hanover. n. H.-Amherst, p; Dart / mouth. s.

The times, Richmond, Va., October 26, 1902, page 13 (results column)
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VIRGINIA EASILY DEFEATS MARYLAND. Straight Game of Foot Ball and Victory by Force. NEITHER SCORE IN GAMES The Virginia Polytechnic Cadets Play to StandstilI, and WoodberrY and the Episcopal High School Do the Same-V. NJ. /. Victorious. NEITHER SCORE IN GAMES Foot Bail Games Played Yesterday. Virginia, %: ST. Johns College, Q. Z Military Institute. SO; Richmond Col lege, 0. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. o.; North Carolina, 0. Hampden-sidney, As; William and Mary,90. Episcopal High School. 0; Wood berry Forest. 0. Georgia, 0; Tech. 0. Vanderbilt. u; Tennessee, 5. Tulane, 0; Alabama Polytechnic, 0. Princeton, 81; Columbia. o. s Cornell, 81; Oberlin, O. Harvard, .; Brown, 0. Yale. “a; Syracuse. 9. West Point. %; Williams. Q. Pennsylvania, s; Bucknell. 5. Dickinson, 6; Annapolis, 0. Lafayette, %; Georgetown, 0.
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)
Navy 69% to win. Dickinson pulled the upset.
The series
Every Dickinson–Navy gameNavy leads 9–1–4 in 14 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1923 | Navy 13, Dickinson 7 | |
| 1916 | Dickinson 0, Navy 0 | |
| 1913 | Navy 29, Dickinson 0 | |
| 1908 | Navy 22, Dickinson 0 | |
| 1907 | Navy 15, Dickinson 0 | |
| 1906 | Dickinson 0, Navy 0 |
Around this game
Dickinson
- Next gameat Steelton YMCANov. 1, 1902
- SeasonDickinson in 1902
- ProgramDickinson history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. Penn StateNov. 1, 1902
- SeasonNavy in 1902
- ProgramNavy history and records
