Bucknell at Army

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1911, page 1

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  ARMY SCORED ON BuCkneII First Eleven to Turn Trick This Year. TALES A SAFETY Heart Taken Out of Bucknell Play ers After First Touch down. WEST POINT y Y. November II In it first game with Huck@el since 1922 the Army eleven defeated tic PennsNlyaniaps today BY a score Of – to = but the visitors. although outclassed. had the honor Of being the first team 10 score OF the cadets this season, marrins the clean slate which the Army pla, ers had hoped TO retain until they faced the Navy. All OF the Army’s points were made in the first two periods. when it seemed only a question of how large Il total they would roll up. In the second and third periods. however, The Bucl1nell men more than held their own. after the Army had substituted al but one regular man. The first score came with sudden ness that seemed TO take the heart out OF the Buclsnell players. Littleiohn. two minutes after play began. blocked punt and Cook ran &. yards for a touchdown. The Army then carried the ball by re reated long end runs nearly the length of the field, only 10 he held for downs on the o-vartl mark When Bucknell was forced to punt. Hyatt. by making a fair catch. gave Cook chance to add three points TO tho Army’s total with drop kick from the :;J-yard mark. An on-side kick from the 4ONyard line was fumbled several times by both sides but Sibert finally fell on tiie ball as 1t rolled over the goal line. Macdonald added the final tally for the Army with o5-yard run through the entire Bucknell team. In the fourth period Bucknell worked the forward pass several times for long gains. and got TO the -Arny’s 6-yard line before they lost the ball. An Army man tried to punt out from behind the goal post. but his kick was blocked and he was thrown for safety

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  The Washington times, November 12, 1911, page 13

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  BUCKNELL WHIPPED, BUT SCORES FIRST POINTS ON ARMY Touchdown Made by Cook Within Two Minutes After Start. WEST POINT. Nov. 12.-Aithough Army defeated Bucknell by 20 to 2. the latter eleven has the distinction Of having scored the first point against the Cadets this year. The West Pointers had hoped to have an unblemished record with which to go up against Navy. but the Pennsylvanians broke the charm. Within two minutes after play COM menced. Cook. the Army right end, ran forty-fve yards for the first touchdown. The other Army scores came in the first two periods, after which a practically new lineup went in against Bucknell. The latter held their own in the last half against the substitutes. An on-side kick from the +0-yard line was fumbled frequently by both teams, Silbery finally fell on the ball as 1t crossed the goal line. Probably the feature of yesterday $ game was a fifty-five yard run through the entire Bucknell team, by MacDonaid. for a touchdown. This added the final score for Navy.

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  Twice-a-week plain dealer, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, November 17, 1911, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES, Illinois, 0; Indiana, 0. Chicago. 9; Northwestern, 3. Iowa. IL; Purdue, 0. Marquette, 16; South Dakota, q. Carleton, 6: Hamline. 3. Carlisle. IS; Harvard. Is. Princeton. 3; Dartmouth, 0. Yale, Is; Brown, 0. Cornell, 6; Michigan, 0. Penn State, II; Colgate, 3. Army. 20; Bucknell, 2.

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Army leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.