Army vs. Tufts

Army and Tufts first met in 1895 and have played 19 times; Army leads the series 19–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 10–⁠0, and Army has won the last 19.

Army wins
19
Tufts wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1895
Longest streak
19 Army
Current streak
19 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 10–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s5–⁠0
1900s9–⁠0
1910s5–⁠0
Average margin
17.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
19–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
16

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1898: Army 40, Tufts 0by 40 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Tufts, 1895 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 1897 game: HOW THE GAME WAS PLAIL-''

    1897 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 24, 1897

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1898 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 2, 1898

  • The The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current's story of the 1902 game: College Football.

    1902 · The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, Georgia, Oct 5, 1902

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: WEST POINT DEFEATS TUFTS COLLEGE, II TO 0 Farnsworth Scores Three Touch dows for Cadets.

    1903 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 4, 1903

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: WEST POINT TAKES TUFTS INTO CAMP Cadets Made Two Touchdowns and Won by Score Of II TO o.

    1904 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1904

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

Nov 1, 1919Army 24, Tufts 13at Army
Oct 20, 1917Army 26, Tufts 3at Army
Oct 25, 1913Army 2, Tufts 0at Army
Nov 16, 1912Army 15, Tufts 6at Army
Oct 8, 1910Army 24, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 2, 1909Army 22, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 3, 1908Army 5, Tufts 0at Army
Nov 16, 1907Army 21, Tufts 0at Army
Sep 29, 1906Army 12, Tufts 0at Army
Sep 30, 1905Army 18, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 1, 1904Army 12, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 3, 1903Army 17, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 4, 1902Army 5, Tufts 0at Army
Sep 29, 1900Army 5, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 2, 1899Army 22, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 1, 1898Army 40, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 23, 1897Army 30, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 3, 1896Army 27, Tufts 0at Army
Oct 19, 1895Army 35, Tufts 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.