Swarthmore at Navy

Saturday, October 19, 1912

Swarthmore beat Navy 21–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; Swarthmore leads the series 4–⁠1.

AwaySwarthmore7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
21
HomeNavy6–⁠3 in 1912
6

FinalHigh 71°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Navy Defeated

    The Birmingham age-herald, October 20, 1912, page 15

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    Navy Defeated Annapolis, Md. October 19.-Showing mastery of the forward pass in so great a number of variations as to keep their opponents guessing from start to finish. Swarthmore’s football team this afternoon defeated the midshipmen by the score of 21 to 6. Navys only score was made shortly after the first period opened, when Alexander received a Swarthmore tumble and ran 10 yards for the tally.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: Football Results Saturday.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 21, 1912, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Results Saturday. Yale 6, West Point o. Princeton 62. Syracuse O.. Harvard 46, Amherst 0. Brown 30. Pennsylvania I. Penn State 2,9 Cornell 6. Wesleyan 26, N. Y. U. o. Swarthmore 21. Annapolis 6. Colgate “A. Trinity I. Lehigh 55, Haverford 0. Lafayette IA, Ursinus 0. R. I. State 6,%Fordham 0. Dartmouth 21, Williams 0. Phillips -Andover o. Dartmouth fresh men 0. Tufts 34. iBowdoin 0. Vale freshmen 13. Phillips Exeter 8 Harvard freshmen 31. Hotchkiss 0 Carlisle 45. Pittsburg 8. , New Hampshire :. Worcester Poly Holy Cross ‘, Springfield Training school C.,

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 72% to win. Swarthmore pulled the upset.

Swarthmore leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings.

Recent meetings
1912Swarthmore 21, Navy 6
1907Swarthmore 18, Navy 0
1906Navy 5, Swarthmore 4
1905Swarthmore 6, Navy 5
1904Swarthmore 9, Navy 0

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