1908 Army Cadets football team
1908 Army Cadets football | |
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Conference | Independent |
1908 record | 6–1–2 |
Head coach | Harry Nelly (1st year) |
Home stadium | The Plain |
The 1908 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents (including a scoreless tie with Princeton), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 87 to 21.[1] The team's only loss was to Yale. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 6 to 4 score.[2]
Two Army players were honored by Walter Camp (WC) on his 1908 College Football All-America Team. They are center Wallace Philoon (second team) and end Johnson (third team).[3] Philoon also received first-team honors from the Washington Herald, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Fred Crolius.[4] In addition, tackle Daniel Pullen was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York World,[5] Fielding H. Yost,[6] T. A. Dwight Jones,[4] and the Kansas City Journal.[4]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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October 3 | Tufts | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 5–0 | ||||||
October 10 | Trinity (CT) | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 33–0 | ||||||
October 17 | Yale | The Plain • West Point, NY | L 0–6 | ||||||
October 24 | Colgate | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 6–0 | ||||||
October 31 | Princeton | The Plain • West Point, NY | T 0–0 | ||||||
November 7 | Springfield (MA) | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 6–5 | ||||||
November 14 | Washington & Jefferson | The Plain • West Point, NY | T 6–6 | ||||||
November 21 | Villanova | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 25–0 | ||||||
November 28 | vs. Navy | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game) | W 6–4 | ||||||
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- ↑ "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "1908 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Camp's 1908 All-America Selections". Reading Eagle. November 26, 1930.
- 1 2 3 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1909. p. 27.
- ↑ "Another All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 5, 1908.
- ↑ Franklin (December 11, 1908). "Penn Best, Says Yost: But Puts Only Scarlet and Hollenback on All-American Team". Grand Forks Daily Herald.