1907 Army Cadets football team

1907 Army Cadets football
Conference Independent
1907 record 6–2–1
Head coach Henry Smither (2nd year)
Home stadium The Plain

The 1907 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1907 college football season. In their second season (first full season) under head coach Henry Smither, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out six of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 125 to 24.[1] The team's only two losses were to Cornell and to Navy in the annual Army–Navy Game.[2]

Two Army players were honored by either Walter Camp (WC) or Caspar Whitney (CW) on the 1907 College Football All-America Team. They are guard William Erwin (WC-1, CW-1) and tackle Henry Weeks (WC-3, CW-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 5 Franklin & Marshall The PlainWest Point, NY W 23–0    
October 12 Trinity (CT) The Plain • West Point, NY W 12–0    
October 19 Yale The Plain • West Point, NY T 0–0    
October 26 Rochester The Plain • West Point, NY W 30–0    
November 2 Colgate The Plain • West Point, NY W 6–0    
November 9 Cornell The Plain • West Point, NY L 10–14    
November 16 Tufts The Plain • West Point, NY W 21–0    
November 23 Syracuse The Plain • West Point, NY W 23–4    
November 30 vs. Navy Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game) L 0–6    
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1907 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "Camp Selects His All American Team". Trenton Evening Times. December 27, 1903.
  4. "Whitney Picks Out the Champ Eleven: All-American Eleven Taken from the East". La Crosse Tribune. December 26, 1907.
  5. "Casper Whitney Shuns the West: Eleven Eastern Players Picked for All-American Eleven". Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. December 26, 1907.
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