1908 Army Cadets football team
| 1908 Army Cadets football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–1–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Wallace Philoon |
| Home stadium | The Plain |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||
| Penn | – | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||
| Harvard | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||
| Cornell | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Fordham | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Yale | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Dartmouth | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Carlisle | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||
| Washington & Jefferson | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||
| Army | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Lafayette | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
| Princeton | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||
| Syracuse | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||
| Brown | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||
| Temple | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||
| Colgate | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Lehigh | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Dickinson | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||
| Amherst | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||
| Holy Cross | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||
| Penn State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| Vermont | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||
| Wesleyan | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||
| Springfield Training School | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||
| NYU | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||
| Frankin & Marshall | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||
| Bucknell | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||
| Rutgers | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||
| Boston College | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||
| Carnegie Tech | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||
| Geneva | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||
| Tufts | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||
| Villanova | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||
| New Hampshire | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||
| Drexel | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||
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. The team's only loss was to Yale. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 6–4.[1]
Two Army players were honored by Walter Camp (WC) on his All-America team. They are center Wallace Philoon (second team) and end Johnson (third team).[2] Philoon also received first-team honors from the Washington Herald , Chicago Inter Ocean , and Fred Crolius.[3] In addition, tackle Daniel Pullen was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York World ,[4] Fielding H. Yost,[5] T. A. Dwight Jones,[3] and the Kansas City Journal .[3]
Schedule
[edit ]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Tufts | W 5–0 | ||
| October 10 | Trinity (CT) |
| W 33–0 | |
| October 17 | Yale |
| L 0–6 | |
| October 24 | Colgate |
| W 6–0 | [6] |
| October 31 | Princeton |
| T 0–0 | |
| November 7 | Springfield Training School |
| W 6–5 | [7] |
| November 14 | Washington & Jefferson |
| T 6–6 | |
| November 21 | Villanova |
| W 25–0 | |
| November 28 | vs. Navy | W 6–4 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "All-American Elevens Picked By Two Experts". Syracuse Herald . December 7, 1908. p. 12. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Colgate Plays Strongly: Army Able to Score Just Once Against the Colgate Eleven". The Sun (New York City). October 25, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scare For Army Team". New-York Tribune . New York, New York. November 8, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
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