Georgetown at Navy

Wednesday, November 11, 1891

Navy beat Georgetown 16–⁠4. It was their first meeting; after it, Navy led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGeorgetown0–⁠1 in 1891
4
HomeNavy5–⁠2 in 1891
16

FinalHigh 63°F, low 55°F, 0.49 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1891, page 2

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    The Naval Academy Foot Ball Team defeated the Georgetown University Team yesterday afternoon 1t Annapolis by a score of 16 to 4. During dispute over a point in the game Cadet Mscklin scored q touchdown, which the referee, Prof Chew Of St. Johns College, al lowed The Georgetown players claimed that the decision was unfair and left the field. The following were the players: Georgetown College left end; Callayhar. left tackle; l. Dyer, left guard; O’Donnell (eaptain( center; J. Dyer. right guard; Myers, risht tackle; Thomas, right end; Gately, quarter back; Dowd. left half back; keete, right half back; Camden, full back Cadets symington, left end; Beuret left tackle; Pierson, sfs guard; Holsinger. center; Trench, right guard; Macklin (csptain), right tackle; Fer guson, right end; Bagley, quarter back; Cole man, left half back. Johnson, right half back Campbell, full back.

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Navy leads 10–⁠4–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Georgetown 0, Navy 0
1926Navy 10, Georgetown 7
1920Navy 21, Georgetown 6
1919Georgetown 6, Navy 0
1917Navy 28, Georgetown 7
1916Navy 13, Georgetown 7

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