Swarthmore at Navy

Saturday, October 28, 1905

Swarthmore beat Navy 6–⁠5. It was their second meeting; after it, Swarthmore led the series 2–⁠0.

AwaySwarthmore7–⁠1 in 1905
6
HomeNavy10–⁠1–⁠1 in 1905
5

FinalHigh 62°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Indians 0). swARTHMoRE BEATS ANNAPOLIS. Middies Lose First Game of Season Through Failure to Kick Goal.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 29, 1905, page 1

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    Indians 0). swARTHMoRE BEATS ANNAPOLIS. Middies Lose First Game of Season Through Failure to Kick Goal. Annapolis Md. Oct. 2s-The mfdshipmen sustanned the first defeat of the season to-day. losing to the heavy eleven OF Swarthmore College oy q score Of to 3. The touchdown of the visitors was made in the first half by McDonough. and was the first score made against the mdshipmen this season. Crowell kicked the goal. In the second half not only did the navy team prevent Swarthmore from scoring, but secured touchdown Norton. however missed the goal. an easy one. The Swarthmore team easily gained nNe times much ground by rushing as did the navy ANNAPOLIS had chance 10 score in the second ha!r when Swarthmore partly blocked kick. and Mid shipman Piersol recovered on the 15-yard line the nH-iln

  • The The evening world's story: LATE WINNERS AT lATCNlA. sixtn-Joha Lyle 7.2, Aarmakis ~ place, alisten. Football RESULTS.

    The evening world, New York, October 28, 1905, page 1

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    LATE WINNERS AT lATCNlA. sixtn-Joha Lyle 7.2, Aarmakis ~ place, alisten. Football RESULTS. 1t lmapoIis-Swarthmore, 6; Annapolis, 5. a, ....ngton--Rutgers, 10; Delaware, 0. Il, edSioi--Lafayetle, 70; Lebanon Valley 0.

  • The Alexandria gazette's story: Football.

    Alexandria gazette, Alexandria, D.C., October 30, 1905, page 2 (results column)

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    Football. The following are the results of some of the football genes played on Saturday V. P. l., 95; University of North Car DINA, 6. Georgetown, 0; Washington and JEFF ferson, q. Yale, 20; West Point, 0. Swarthmore, 6; Navy, 5. University of Pennsylvania, 5; Car Isle Indians, 0. Princeton, IL, Columbia, 0. Harvard, II; Brown, O. Cornell, 55: Haverford, 0. George Washington, 0; University Of Maryland. O. V. NJ. l., %; William and Mary 6. Stanton Military Academy, O; Wash ington and Lee Reserves, 0. Bethel Military Academy, 6; Shenaudoah Valley Academy, 0. Woodbury., l6; Locust Dale, 0. University of the South, IL; Ueiversity of Tennessee, s.

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 70% to win. Swarthmore pulled the upset.

Swarthmore leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1912Swarthmore 21, Navy 6
1907Swarthmore 18, Navy 0
1906Navy 5, Swarthmore 4
1905Swarthmore 6, Navy 5
1904Swarthmore 9, Navy 0

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