Army vs. Springfield

Army and Springfield first met in 1908 and have played 8 times; Army leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Army 8–⁠0, and Army has won the last 8.

Army wins
8
Springfield wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
8 Army
Current streak
8 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 8–⁠0
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s5–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
Average margin
14.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
8–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1922: Army 35, Springfield 0by 35 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Springfield, 1908 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The mirror's story of the 1908 game: football Scores.

    1908 · The mirror, Stillwater, Minn., Nov 12, 1908

  • The The sun's story of the 1913 game: SPRINGFIELD GIVES ARMY A HARD FIGHT Cadets Have to Hustle to Grab Victory in Game Ended by Darkness. PENALTY Is DISASTROUS s Givc> Training school Players Chance to Score and They Use II. PENALTY Is DISASTROUS

    1913 · The sun, Nov 23, 1913

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1914 game: Cadets Hang Up Two TOuchdowns by Sheer Aggressiveness. PRICKETT SHINES ON SOLDIERS WING Intercepted Forward Pass Re- suits in Lone Tally Made by Training School.

    1914 · New-York tribune, Nov 22, 1914

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1915 game: SPRINGFIELD NO MATCH FOR THE TEAM OF CADETS Army Outplays Massachu- sets Eleven Despite Use of Many Substitutes.

    1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 21, 1915

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1916 game: IN SPRINGFIELD ARMY DISCOVERS FAULTS OF SUBS Oliphant and Vidal Lead Second String Cadets to Victory by II to 2 Score

    1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 19, 1916

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 24, 19363Army 33, Springfield 0at Army
Sep 29, 1922Army 35, Springfield 0at Army
Nov 18, 1916Army 17, Springfield 2at Army
Nov 20, 1915Army 17, Springfield 7at Army
Nov 21, 1914Army 13, Springfield 6at Army
Nov 22, 1913Army 14, Springfield 7at Army
Nov 5, 1910Army 5, Springfield 0at Army
Nov 7, 1908Army 6, Springfield 5at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.