Syracuse at Army

Saturday, September 29, 1962

Army beat Syracuse 9–⁠2. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Army led the series 9–⁠4.

AwaySyracuse5–⁠5 in 1962
2
HomeArmy6–⁠4 in 1962
9

FinalHigh 69°F, low 52°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 29,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Army Tops Syracuse, %, Two Thefts Set Up Scores

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1962, page 62

    Read the text

    Army Tops Syracuse, %, Two Thefts Set Up Scores NEW YORK, Sept. 20 CAP) -Army’s Chinese Bandits stole the ball twice today and the Cadets converted the breaks into a field goal and touchdown in a 68-second span for a 90 football victory over Syracuse at the Polo Grounds. Both scores came in the fading minutes of the second quarter with Art (Cammy) Lewis, son Of the late West Virginia football coach, setting UP the first and passing for the second as the high spots in a brilliant iron man perform ance at quarterback. - Dick Heydt booted the field goal from the 20-yard line. A minute and 8 seconds later, Lewis dropped back from deep formation and rifled a 32-yard scoring pass to End Bobby Bedell. Heydt’s attempt for the extra point hit the goal post and bounced back. Second Army Victory The victory was the second for the new look” Army team under Paul Dietzel, who turned out championship teams at Louisiana State. 1t was the second setback for Syracuse,

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: ARMY 9 SYRACUSE 2The West Point Cadets take advantage of Orange fumbles to score a touchdown and a field goal. Syracuse is able to chalk up only two points on a safety as an Army man is nailed behind the goal line when he catches a puntUniversal Newsreel, October 1, 1962. Watch at the National Archives

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)

Syracuse 51% to win. Army won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 12–⁠10 in 22 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Syracuse 29, Army 16
1996Syracuse 42, Army 17
1990Syracuse 26, Army 14
1989Syracuse 10, Army 7
1986Army 33, Syracuse 28
1984Syracuse 27, Army 16

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