1967 Army Cadets football team explained

Year:1967
Team:Army Cadets
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:8–2
Head Coach:Tom Cahill
Hc Year:2nd
Def Coach:Richard S. Lyon
Dc Year:1st
Captain:Bohdan Neswiacheny
Stadium:Michie Stadium

The 1967 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Cahill, the Cadets compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents 183 to 94.[1]

In the annual Army–Navy Game in December, the Cadets lost 19–14 to the Midshipmen.[2] Army's other loss was to underdog Duke, by three points in early October;[3] [4] the Blue Devils also defeated Navy, by nineteen in November.[5]

After their final home game, a 22–0 shutout of Utah on Veterans Day,[6] [7] the Cadets were 7–1 and prime candidates for the academy's first-ever bowl invitation. In the midst of the Vietnam War, Pentagon officials decided against it, citing the "heavy demands on the players' time" as well as an emphasis on football being "not consistent with the academy's basic mission: to produce career Army officers."[8] [9] No Army players received first-team honors on the All-America team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Army Yearly Results (1965-1969). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. August 2, 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905185017/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1965-1969_yearly_results.php. dead.
  2. News: Army rally falls short. Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . December 3, 1967 . 3B.
  3. News: Duke upsets Army. Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . October 8, 1967 . 4B.
  4. Web site: 1967 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. August 2, 2015.
  5. News: Duke blasts Middies in second half . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania) . UPI . November 12, 1967 . 61.
  6. News: Army blanks Utah, raises record to 7–1 . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania) . Associated Press . November 12, 1967 . 61.
  7. News: Tame Utes use same plays . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah) . Miller . Hack . November 13, 1967 . C1.
  8. Web site: Army blocked in bid to play in Sugar Bowl . Rome News-Tribune . (Georgia) . UPI . November 17, 1967 . 11.
  9. News: No Sugar Bowls for Cadet Corps either . Schenectady Gazette . (New York) . Associated Press . November 17, 1967 . 16.