Springfield at Army
Saturday, November 7, 1908 Share
Army beat Springfield 6–5. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

The mirror, Stillwater, Minn., November 12, 1908, page 1 (results column)
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football Scores. The following are the scores OF the football games played last Sat urday: Wisconsin, 5; Minnesota, O. Michigan, 81; Kentucky, O. Illinois, %; Iowa, O. Nebraska. %; Ames, II. Harvard, II; Carlisle, 0. Yale, 10; Brown, 10. Dartmouth, 10; Princeton, 6. Pennsylvania, 81; Lafayette, 4. Army, 6; Springfield, 5. Cornell, 6; Amherst, 0. Navy, 80; Villa Nova, 6.
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)
Army 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Springfield–Army gameArmy leads 8–0 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1936 | Army 33, Springfield 0 | |
| 1922 | Army 35, Springfield 0 | |
| 1916 | Army 17, Springfield 2 | |
| 1915 | Army 17, Springfield 7 | |
| 1914 | Army 13, Springfield 6 | |
| 1913 | Army 14, Springfield 7 |
Around this game
Springfield
- Next gameat YaleOct. 9, 1909
- SeasonSpringfield in 1908
- ProgramSpringfield history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonNov. 14, 1908
- SeasonArmy in 1908
- ProgramArmy history and records
