Western Reserve at Navy
Saturday, October 28, 1911 Share
Western Reserve and Navy tied 0–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Navy led the series 2–0–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1911, page 59
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NAVY HELD TO TIE Western Reserve Plays Sail ors a 90 Game. NAVY LINE 0UTPLAYED Sailors Unable to Do Anything Much Against the Western Eleven. ANNAPOLIS. Md, October 2S.-keepmost of the time and showing plenty Of strength in defense of its own goal but manifesting weakness OF attack when a yard or two meant a first down or a score, the Navy foot ball team this after noon played a scoreless tie game with the Western Reserve e.even from Cleveland. Ohio. The westerners entered the game in a crippled condition and with a disorganized team Navy’s play. although marked py flashes OF individual briliiance and good open field running, was a distinct 0lsdppointment. Time after time the line gave way before the Reserves forwards, allowing the Blue and Gold backs 10 be thrown for losses. After a poor showing in the initial PERIOD. when the sailors greatest weak ness was an apparent inability to keep mold OF the leather, and tumble follow ed tumble, the Navy coaches Immediately after the start of the second period put in an almost entirely new team OF sec ond string men. by STEADY line plunging and end runs, EOdes and Leonard. the later a ‘‘plebe’ carried the Dail 10 within few feet or the Reserves goal, where, however, the visitors braced and. holding for downs. Iantcd out o. such a dangerous position. Almost Immediately a beautiful forward pass, Sowel 10 Dickens. put the Reserves once more stern.y on the defensive iu~t as the half en0ed Isp9-flp and

The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., October 31, 1911, page 6
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Saturday Football Results At Troy-R. P. l., 6; Worcester Polytechnic. 0. At Williamstown-W Williams. S.; New York University, 6. At Cambridge-Harvard, 2oi Brown, 6. At Annapolis-Navy, 0; Western Reserve, 0. AT Observation-Disclosures 70; Holy Cross, 0. AT Hanover, N. H.-Philips-Andover, 6; Dartmouth Freshmen, 3. AT Philadelphia-Penn. State Col Iege, %; Pennsylvania, 6. At Syracuse-Springfeld Train ing School. 8; Syracuse University. S. At New Haven-Yale, %; Cot gate. 0. At West POint-Army, 20; Lehish, At Hartford, Conn.-Trinity, IA; Wesleyan, Is. AT Durham, n. H.,-Rhode Island State, 9; New Hampshire state, g. AT Medford Mass.-Tufts, 6; “Ag gle” o. At Amherst-Amherst, 10; Nor witch, o. At Hanover, N. H.,-Dartmouth. IL; Vermont, 0. At Easton, Pa.-Carlisle, 10; La fayette, 0. AT Ann Arbor Mich.-Michigan o; Vanderbilt, s. At MISUNDERSTANDING 0; Hamilton. g. AT Ashburnham-Cushing Academy, IT; Boston College, 0. At Geneva-Hobart, 10; Union. 3.

Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 30, 1911, page 3 (results column)
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Saturday Football WEST. WEST. Northwestern. 3 Wisconsin, 2S Minnesota, “a; Iowa. g. Michigan. Q; Vanderbilt, s Ohio State, 3; Wesleyan, 0. Oberlin. 6; Case, >. Cincinnati 6; Kentucky, 0. Purdue, 5; Depauw. 0. 81. Louis. “a; Rolla. 6. Michigan A. C, %; Olivet 5. Kansas. II; Drake, 3. Indiana, -: Washington. O. Nebraska, “a: Missouri. 0. South Dakota. 10: Denver. 0. Marquette. IS; De Paul, 0. Knox. 9; Lake Forest. O. Wyoming. 3 Colorado. IS. Butler, 46; Moores Hill. .. Buchtel, s; Marietta. o. Hiram, 6; Wooster. 0. RipOn. IA: Northwestern. 0. Culver. %; Michigan Normal, 3. Washington. Il; Idaho. O. Utah Aggies. 8; Montana. 0. Beloit, Q; Cornell, g Illinois. 9; Freshmen. 0. Millikin. 20: Monmouth. O. NOtre Dame. so. Loyola, 0. Ames, 81: Grinnel. 6. Coe, 3; Simpson, O. California, “a: B. c. A. S. CRugby) EAST. Yale. %. Colgate. 0. Harvard. 20: Brown. 6. Navy. 0: Western Reserve. 0. Cornell g Pittsburgh, 3 Penn State %. Pennsylvania. 6. Princeton, 20; Holy Cross. 0. Army. 20: Lehigh. o. Dartmouth. u; Vermont, 0. Carlisle. 10: Lafayette. 0. W. and J.. So: Westminster. q. Haverford. 3; Franklin and Mar shall. 0. Springfield T. s. 2: Syracuse, 0. Bucknell, >; Rochester. 0. Amherst. Is Norwich. 0 Swarthmore. 21: Rutgers. 0. Trinity, Il; Wesleyan. IS. SOUTH Auburn. Il; Mississippi. ;. North Carolina y; [. S. s. Frank in. 0. Georgia, s; Mercer. ;. Georgia Tech, 0 Alabama. 0. Virginia. Poly. 5: W. and L. 5. Texas. u: L. of Arkansas. 0. Catholic l., 0; Maryland A. C. 6. Virginia %; Military. o. North Carolina A. and NJ. IS: Ten lessee. o. Tulane, 10; Howard College. 0.
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 93% to win.
The series
Every Western Reserve–Navy gameNavy leads 8–0–1 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1922 | Navy 71, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1921 | Navy 53, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1920 | Navy 47, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1917 | Navy 95, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1914 | Navy 48, Western Reserve 0 | |
| 1912 | Navy 7, Western Reserve 0 |
Around this game
Western Reserve
- Next gameat NavyNov. 1, 1912
- SeasonWestern Reserve in 1911
- ProgramWestern Reserve history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. NC StateNov. 4, 1911
- SeasonNavy in 1911
- ProgramNavy history and records
