Colgate at Army

Saturday, November 18, 1911

Army beat Colgate 12–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayColgate3–⁠6 in 1911
6
HomeArmy6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1911
12

Finallow 26°F, 0.72 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TRIUMPH FOR ARMY Trims Colgate in Last Contest on Home Grounds, IL to 6. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN Blocking an Attempted Punt Out of Danger Gave Cadets Another Touchdown. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1911, page 59

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    TRIUMPH FOR ARMY Trims Colgate in Last Contest on Home Grounds, IL to 6. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN Blocking an Attempted Punt Out of Danger Gave Cadets Another Touchdown. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN WEST POINT, n. Y, November IS With a II 10 8 defeat of Colgate the West Point foot ball eleven wound up its season, SO far az games at home are concerned today. The Colgate boys played fine game, particularly in get ting punts and running them back. The visitors were first to score. Catch ing a punt on the Army’s 45-yard mark. Quarterback Huntington ran, behind brilliant interference, to the Army 15-yard mark. From there Cook skirted right end for a touchdown Hyatt scored the first touchdown for the cadets by a run from the 90 yard mark The winning score came In the third period. Huntington received an Army punt on the Colgate 15-yard mark. but got only a small gain and d penalty set the visitors back to their 2-yard mark Here the Army broke through and blocked Huntington’S at tempt to punt out of danger. Sibert fell on the ball for n touchdown. The line up:

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Army 12. Colgate 6

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 19, 1911, page 14

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    Army 12. Colgate 6 West Point, N. r., November 1S.- With a 12 to defeat of Colgate the soldiers wound up it’s football season today. The visitors were first to score. Catching a punt on the Armys 15 yard line they started play with Quarterback Huntington running to the 40 yard line. From there Cook skirted right end for touchdown. Hyatt scored the first touchdown for the cadets by run from the 20 yard line. In the third period a penalty set the visitors back to their two yard line. Here the Army blocked Huntington’s punt and Sibert fell on the ball for touchdown

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: WEST POINT 12, COLGATE 6. Soldiers Last Home Game Is We'll Earned Victory.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 20, 1911, page 3

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    WEST POINT 12, COLGATE 6. Soldiers Last Home Game Is We’ll Earned Victory. With the defeat of Colgate on Sat urday at West Point, by a score of 12 to s, West Point football eleven wound mp Ks season, so far as games at nome are conc erned The visitors twere first to score Getting a punt on West Points 45 yard mark. Quarterback Hunting on an, behind brilliant interference, to the Cadets Is yard mark. From there Cook skirred right end for a touchdown

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 24–⁠5–⁠2 in 31 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Army 42, Colgate 17
2018Army 28, Colgate 14
1997Army 35, Colgate 27
1995Army 56, Colgate 14
1993Army 30, Colgate 0
1991Army 51, Colgate 22

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