1914 Army Cadets football team explained

Year:1914
Team:Army Cadets
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:9–0
Head Coach:Charles Dudley Daly
Hc Year:2nd
Captain:Vernon Prichard
Stadium:The Plain
Champion:National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)

The team was recognized as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, and the National Championship Foundation, and a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[4] Three Army players were recognized as first-team players on the All-America team: end Louis A. Merrilat; center John McEwan; and quarterback Vernon Prichard. Tackle Alex Weyand was selected as a third-team All-American by Walter Camp. Four players from the 1914 team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: McEwan; Weyand; Robert Neyland (later coach at Tennessee); and Elmer Oliphant.

Players

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Army Yearly Results (1910-1914). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. July 29, 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905183811/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1910-1914_yearly_results.php. dead.
  2. Web site: 1914 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. July 29, 2015.
  3. News: Well-Balanced Army Machine Overwhelms Navy, 20-0. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1914.
  4. Web site: National Poll Rankings . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2015. NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA . 108 . January 8, 2016 . PDF.
  5. News: Oliphant Has Big Part in Army-Maine Battle. The Topeka Daily Capital. November 15, 1914.

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