Syracuse at Army
Saturday, November 23, 1912 Share
Army beat Syracuse 23–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Army led the series 6–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 41°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 24, 1912, page 59
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ARMY At ITS BEST Plays Brilliantly and Easily defeats Syracuse, 27 to Z. SHOULD NOT HAVE SCORED Lamphier’s Wuff Gives New Workers Chance in Last Minutes Play. SHOULD NOT HAVE SCORED WEST POINT. n. Y, November o. The Army defeated Syracuse here today in easy fashion. winning by score of % to I. The Soldiers played the best foot ball they have yet shown and but for Lamphier’s muff of Castles long punt in the last minute of play Syracuse would not have scored. The ball rolled over the Army goal line and Farber fell on it. Castle kicked the goal. Keyes took most OF the honors. He scored two touchdowns, kicked two goals from touchdowns and in the second period p-kicked beautiful field goal from the i3-yard mark. In all, he scored II of the Army’s points. Altman made touchdown for the Army i’m the last quarter. but the goal, was missed Devore and Benedict, as we’ll as keyes, played brilliantly for the Army, while Castle. Probst and Farbe- did good work for Syracuse. Syracuse tried one field goal from the 4O-yard mark, but failed. The visitors made their longest gain on a forward pass. Walters to Farber, who ran fifty yards before being downed by Milburn in flying tackle from behind Today’s was the last home game Of the season for the Army. The lineup:

The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 24, 1912, page 1
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ARMY DEFEATS THE SYRACUSE TEAM West Point, y. Y, November S.-The Army defeated Syracuse here today by a score of % to Z. The soldiers played the best football they have yet shown and but for Lanpier’s muff of Castles long punt in the last minute of play Syracuse would not have scored. The ball rolled over the Army goal line and Farber fell on it. Castle kicked the goal. Keyes took most of the honors. He scored two touchdowns, kicked two goals from touchdowns and in the second period drop kicked beautiful field goal from the 40 yard mark
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Army gameSyracuse leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 2023 | Syracuse 29, Army 16 | |
| 1996 | Syracuse 42, Army 17 | |
| 1990 | Syracuse 26, Army 14 | |
| 1989 | Syracuse 10, Army 7 | |
| 1986 | Army 33, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1984 | Syracuse 27, Army 16 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. HobartSept. 27, 1913
- SeasonSyracuse in 1912
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 30, 1912
- SeasonArmy in 1912
- ProgramArmy history and records

