Tufts at Army
Saturday, October 20, 1917 Share
Army beat Tufts 26–3. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Army led the series 18–0.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 42°F, 0.48 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 21, 1917, page 47
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ARMY BEATS TUFTS, 26--3 ohphant Leads West Point TO Vic tory. Scoring Three of Teams Touchdowns. WEST POINT. y. Y. October .o-Tne Army won in easy fashio. from tufts today. The fiaal score was 2s to , OIL phaht’ the Army star, was credited with three OF ms teams touchdowns. The army leader played three periods. In the fiaai period Tufts faced an entire substitute Army eleven. and during this period O’Coanor registered fiei, goa for his team, drop kicking from the % yard line. Smith, Knight and Bartlett shared the honors OF the day with Oil pnaNt. Line-up and s;I,1ularv:

Arizona republican, October 21, 1917, page 9
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ARMY SHOWS MEN 0F TUFTS UNDER WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 2O.-The Army won easily from Tufts, 26 to 3. In the final period, Tufts faced an en- tire sub-army eleven and O’Conner reg istered field goal from the 25 yard line Lineup: Score by periods: Army 6 6 7–26 Tufts .............0 0 0 g. 3 Army scoring: Touchdown, Oliphant 3; Horr Goals from touchdowns, Oli- phant ?. Tufts scoring: Goal from field, OConnor. Time of periods two of 10 and two of 12 minutes each.

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 22, 1917, page 1
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Army an easy Winner. West Point, Oct. 22-The Army won in easy fashion from Tufts Saturday. The final score was 26 to 3. Oil plant, the Army star, was credited with three of his teams touchdowns. The Army leader played three periods
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tufts–Army gameArmy leads 19–0 in 19 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1919 | Army 24, Tufts 13 | |
| 1917 | Army 26, Tufts 3 | |
| 1913 | Army 2, Tufts 0 | |
| 1912 | Army 15, Tufts 6 | |
| 1910 | Army 24, Tufts 0 | |
| 1909 | Army 22, Tufts 0 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gameat SyracuseOct. 27, 1917
- SeasonTufts in 1917
- ProgramTufts history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 27, 1917
- SeasonArmy in 1917
- ProgramArmy history and records
