Saturday is the 45th anniversary of the 1973 game
by ShermanOaksND (2018-10-16 22:24:18)
Edited on 2018-10-16 22:24:57

In reply to: I'm going to West Point Saturday for the Army/Miami of OH..  posted by ndmck

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It was ND's third-widest margin of victory since World War II, behind only Duke 1966 (64-0) and Rutgers 1996 (62-0). It also is the only time ND has played in West Point since 1922.



I asked a friend of mine on the team how Army was
by NH74Domer  (2018-10-17 09:04:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

after he got back to campus. His answer "small and slow".

It was a really bad football era for the service academies
by ShermanOaksND  (2018-10-17 11:45:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Especially Army. They went 0-10 in 1973, capped by a 51-0 loss to Navy.

Had Ara wanted to, he could've handed them their worst loss in history. Instead, he was happy to settle for a 55-3 final, but Tim Simon ran back a punt 73 yards for an unwanted final TD, thus matching Army's margin of victory over ND in 1944. Army's worst loss was in 1972, 77-7 to Nebraska -- at West Point and on network TV.

Vietnam took a major toll on service academies' recruiting starting in the mid-late 1960s, and they still haven't fully recovered. The last one to snag a major bowl bid was Air Force, who lost the 1971 Sugar Bowl to Tennessee.