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Army vs. Trinity (CT)

Army and Trinity (CT) first met in 1892 and have played 13 times; Army leads the series 13–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 10–⁠0, and Army has won the last 13.

Army wins
13
Trinity (CT) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1892
Longest streak
13 Army
Current streak
13 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 10–⁠0
Most recent
1916

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s4–⁠0
1900s7–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
Average margin
26.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
13–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1916: Army 53, Trinity (CT) 0by 53 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Trinity (CT), 1892 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1892 game: TRINITY NO MATCH FOR TIE CADETS

    1892 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 30, 1892

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1893 game: CADETS DEFEAT THE TRINITY TEAM.

    1893 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 12, 1893

  • The The Pacific commercial advertiser's story of the 1905 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1905 · The Pacific commercial advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Nov 19, 1905

  • The Los Angeles herald's story of the 1906 game: WEST POINT DEFEATS TRINITY

    1906 · Los Angeles herald, Oct 7, 1906

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: TRINITY HOLDS VEST POINT Cadets Score Only Twelve Points on the Collegians. Unexpected Strength of Trinity's Line Prevents Army from Rolling Up Big Score.

    1907 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 13, 1907

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 21, 1916Army 53, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Nov 19, 1910Army 17, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 9, 1909Army 17, Trinity (CT) 6at Army
Oct 10, 1908Army 33, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 12, 1907Army 12, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 6, 1906Army 24, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Nov 18, 1905Army 34, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 12, 1901Army 17, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 13, 1900Army 28, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Oct 2, 1897Army 38, Trinity (CT) 6at Army
Oct 5, 1895Army 50, Trinity (CT) 0at Army
Nov 11, 1893Army 18, Trinity (CT) 11at Army
Oct 29, 1892Army 24, Trinity (CT) 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.