Army vs. Union (NY)

Army and Union (NY) first met in 1893 and have played 5 times; Army leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Army 5–⁠0, and Army has won the last 5.

Army wins
5
Union (NY) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1893
Longest streak
5 Army
Current streak
5 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 5–⁠0
Most recent
1902

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s4–⁠0
1900s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
5–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1902: Army 56, Union (NY) 0by 56 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Union (NY), 1893 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 1894 game: WEST POINT CADETS oUTpLAY UNION.

    1894 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 4, 1894

  • The The San Francisco call's story of the 1895 game: There Was Much Kicking and Interchanging of PuntS. VERY LOOSELY PLAYED GAME In the First Annual Freshman Strug. : : gle Harvard Lost to the Penn. -: >. sylvania Team.

    1895 · The San Francisco call, Nov 17, 1895

  • The The sun's story of the 1896 game

    1896 · The sun, New York, Oct 25, 1896

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1902 game: CADETS BEAT UNION COLLEGE West Pointers Run Up Score OF Fifty-Six Points to Nothing.

    1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 9, 1902

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 8, 1902Army 56, Union (NY) 0at Army
Oct 24, 1896Army 44, Union (NY) 0at Army
Nov 16, 1895Army 16, Union (NY) 0at Army
Nov 3, 1894Army 30, Union (NY) 0at Army
Nov 4, 1893Army 6, Union (NY) 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.