1916 Army Cadets football team explained

Year:1916
Team:Army Cadets
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:9–0
Head Coach:Charles Dudley Daly
Hc Year:4th
Captain:John McEwan
Stadium:The Plain
Champion:Co-national champion (Davis)

The 1916 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1916 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 9–0 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 235 to 36.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 15 to 7. The Cadets also defeated Notre Dame by a score of 30 to 10 and Villanova by a 69 to 7 score.[2] The 1916 Army team was selected retroactively as the 1916 national champion by Parke H. Davis.[3]

Fullback Elmer Oliphant from the 1916 Army team was a consensus first-team All-American and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.[4] [5] Center John McEwan received second-team honors from Walter Camp,[6] the United Press,[7] the International News Service,[8] and Walter Eckersall.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Army Yearly Results (1915-1919). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. July 29, 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905184042/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1915-1919_yearly_results.php. dead.
  2. Web site: 1916 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. July 29, 2015.
  3. Web site: National Poll Rankings . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2015. NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA . 108 . January 8, 2016 . PDF.
  4. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 4. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1307}} Elmer "Ollie" Oliphant]. National Football Foundation. July 30, 2015.
  6. News: Three Colgate Men Picked By Camp for All-American Team. The Syracuse Herald. December 26, 1916.
  7. News: H.C. Hamilton. West Men on United Press All-American. Des Moines Daily News. December 3, 1916.
  8. News: Jack Velock . Have Hard Job Selecting All-American Team. Lima Times Democrat. December 4, 1916.
  9. News: Four Westerners On All-American: 1916 Selection Made by W. Eckersall. Daily Review. Decatur, IL. December 11, 1916.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "1916 Army Cadets football team".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.