1904 Army Cadets football team

1904 Army Cadets football
Conference Independent
1904 record 7–2
Head coach Robert Boyers (1st year)
Home stadium The Plain

The 1904 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Robert Boyers, the Cadets compiled a 7–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 27.[1] The team's only losses were to Harvard (4–0) and Princeton (17–5). In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by an 11 to 0 score.[2]

Five members of the squad were honored by one or both of Walter Camp (WC) and Caspar Whitney (CW) on the 1904 College Football All-America Team. They are: center Arthur Tipton (WC-1, CW-1); back Henry Torney (CW-1); end Alexander Garfield Gillespie (WC-2); halfback Frederick Prince (CW-2); and tackle Thomas Doe (WC-3).[3][4][5]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 1 Tufts The PlainWest Point, NY W 12–0    
October 8 Dickinson The Plain • West Point, NY W 18–0    
October 17 Harvard The Plain • West Point, NY L 0–5    
October 22 Yale The Plain • West Point, NY W 11–6    
October 29 Williams The Plain • West Point, NY W 16–0    
November 5 Princeton The Plain • West Point, NY L 6–12    
November 12 NYU The Plain • West Point, NY W 41–0    
November 19 Syracuse The Plain • West Point, NY W 21–5    
November 26 vs. Navy Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game) W 11–0    
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1904 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "Camp's Idea Of Football Stars: Yale Coach Puts Two Western Men in His Selection". The Daily Review (Decatur, IL). December 28, 1904.
  4. "Camp's 1904 All America Football Team". Capital Times. November 24, 1904.
  5. Caspar Whitney (Jan 1905). "The Sportsman's View-Point" (PDF). Outing.
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