Albright at Carlisle

Saturday, September 18, 1915

Carlisle beat Albright 21–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Carlisle led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayAlbright0–⁠4 in 1915
6
HomeCarlisle3–⁠6–⁠2 in 1915
21

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: CARLISLE VICTORY USHERSI IN SEASON Albright Beaten. 81 to Z. in First Football Game. Full Of Rough Playing. MANY PENALTIES MAR IT

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], September 19, 1915, page 1

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    CARLISLE VICTORY USHERSI IN SEASON Albright Beaten. 81 to Z. in First Football Game. Full Of Rough Playing. MANY PENALTIES MAR IT CARLISLE. IA. Sept. Is-In q CON Isle Indians and Albright College here his afternoon on Indian Field the foot ball season was ushered In with a vic tory for the redskins, score 81 TO I. The visitors under Coach kylyhnor showed improved form over last year and Carlisle measured M 70 her usual early season standard. Carlisle won tho toss and defended the north goal, receiving Bcuftr’s kick of. A whirling attack swept CalLc TO a touchdown on end runs IN two min utes. Welmas kicking the goal The remainder OF Carlisle’s points were scored against n strong defence and by means of short gains through the line and around ends. Albright scored through a twenty yard forward pass, Icnfer to Hoffman. Benfer kicking tho Cual. Carlisle scored twice in III. first quarter. and when occasion offered concentrated a strong defence to stop Benfer. Neither side obtained points in the sec ond period. although the visitors had the better of tho quarter, which closed with the ball In their POSSESSION within two yards OF Car,isle’s goal line. The games first forward pass, twenty yards, from Benfer TO Yost, was accomplished clearly. Many penalties were imposed for offside plays, which increased In fire. quency through the aiu Fumbles began to appear. but were not as promiscuous as usual in early season. In the third quarter an oddly occurred In the simultaneous penalizing and consequent naturalization OF losses for each side. In midgame the rival quartcrbacks, Dickerson and Eyster, began TO develop open play of first rate quality. In one instance on an end run the ball was knocked from Dickerson’s arm twice In quick succession and he recovered In both cases, Kaufman OF the visitors was dis qualified for kicking an opponent and several times stern admonitions were given both teams bout unnecessary r~oughness. For Carlisle Crane, Calac. Welmas. Dickerson and Woford featured, while the exceptional work of Benfer. Eyster and Capt. YOst of AL bright was conspicuous. The lineup;

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)

Carlisle 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Carlisle leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1917Carlisle 59, Albright 0
1915Carlisle 21, Albright 6
1914Carlisle 20, Albright 0
1913Carlisle 26, Albright 0
1912Carlisle 50, Albright 7
1906Carlisle 82, Albright 0

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