1908 Army Cadets football team

1908 Army Cadets football
1908 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–2
Head coach	Harry Nelly (1st season);
Captain	Wallace Philoon
Home stadium	The Plain
	Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Penn		–		11	–	0	–	1
Harvard		–		9	–	0	–	1
Cornell		–		7	–	1	–	1
Fordham		–		5	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		7	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth		–		6	–	1	–	1
Carlisle		–		10	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		10	–	2	–	1
Army		–		6	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette		–		6	–	2	–	2
Princeton		–		5	–	2	–	3
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		4	–	3	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	3	–	0
Dickinson		–		5	–	4	–	0
Amherst		–		3	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Vermont		–		3	–	3	–	3
Wesleyan		–		3	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School		–		3	–	4	–	1
NYU		–		2	–	3	–	2
Frankin & Marshall		–		4	–	6	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	2
Rutgers		–		3	–	5	–	1
Boston College		–		2	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	7	–	0
Geneva		–		1	–	6	–	2
Tufts		–		1	–	6	–	1
Villanova		–		1	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire		–		1	–	7	–	0
Drexel		–		0	–	7	–	0

The 1908 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents (including a scoreless tie with Princeton), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 87 to 21.^[1] The team's only loss was to Yale. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 6–4.^[2]

Two Army players were honored by Walter Camp (WC) on his All-America team. They are center Wallace Philoon (second team) and end Johnson (third team).^[3] Philoon also received first-team honors from the Washington Herald, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Fred Crolius.^[4] In addition, tackle Daniel Pullen was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York World,^[5] Fielding H. Yost,^[6] T. A. Dwight Jones,^[4] and the Kansas City Journal.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Tufts	The Plain West Point, NY	W 5–0
October 10	Trinity (CT)	The Plain West Point, NY	W 33–0
October 17	Yale	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–6
October 24	Colgate	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0	^[7]
October 31	Princeton	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0
November 7	Springfield Training School	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–5	^[8]
November 14	Washington & Jefferson	The Plain West Point, NY	T 6–6
November 21	Villanova	The Plain West Point, NY	W 25–0
November 28	vs. Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 6–4

References

^ "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ "1908 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ "Camp's 1908 All-America Selections". Reading Eagle. November 26, 1930.
^ ^a ^b ^c Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1909. p. 27.
^ "Another All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 5, 1908.
^ "All-American Elevens Picked By Two Experts". Syracuse Herald. December 7, 1908. p. 12. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.
^ "Colgate Plays Strongly: Army Able to Score Just Once Against the Colgate Eleven". The Sun (New York City). October 25, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scare For Army Team". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 8, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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[1] "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

[2] "1908 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

[WC-3] "Camp's 1908 All-America Selections". Reading Eagle. November 26, 1930.

[Spalding-4] Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1909. p. 27.

[5] "Another All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 5, 1908.

[6] "All-American Elevens Picked By Two Experts". Syracuse Herald. December 7, 1908. p. 12. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.

[7] "Colgate Plays Strongly: Army Able to Score Just Once Against the Colgate Eleven". The Sun (New York City). October 25, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Scare For Army Team". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 8, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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