Syracuse at Army
Saturday, September 29, 1962 Share
Army beat Syracuse 9–2. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Army led the series 9–4.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 52°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 29,500
In the newspapers

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 punt
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.
The series
Every Syracuse–Army gameSyracuse leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2023 | Syracuse 29, Army 16 | |
| 1996 | Syracuse 42, Army 17 | |
| 1990 | Syracuse 26, Army 14 | |
| 1989 | Syracuse 10, Army 7 | |
| 1986 | Army 33, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1984 | Syracuse 27, Army 16 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeOct. 13, 1962
- SeasonSyracuse in 1962
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Army
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 6, 1962
- SeasonArmy in 1962
- ProgramArmy history and records

