Springfield at Army

Saturday, November 7, 1908

Army beat Springfield 6–⁠5. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySpringfield0–⁠3 in 1908
5
HomeArmy6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1908
6

FinalHigh 47°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The mirror's story: football Scores.

    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.

Army leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Army 33, Springfield 0
1922Army 35, Springfield 0
1916Army 17, Springfield 2
1915Army 17, Springfield 7
1914Army 13, Springfield 6
1913Army 14, Springfield 7

Around this game

Springfield