1905 Army Cadets football team

The 1905 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1905 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Robert Boyers, the Cadets compiled a 4–4–1 record, shut out three opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 104 to 60.[1]

1905 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAlexander Garfield Gillespie
Home stadiumThe Plain
1905 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    10 0 0
Penn    12 0 1
Temple    2 0 1
Dartmouth    7 1 2
Swarthmore    7 1 0
Western U. of Penn.    10 2 0
Princeton    8 2 0
Harvard    8 2 1
Washington & Jefferson    10 3 0
Lafayette    7 2 1
Wesleyan    7 2 1
Carlisle    10 4 0
Penn State    8 3 0
Syracuse    8 3 0
Fordham    5 2 0
Amherst    3 1 2
Holy Cross    6 3 0
Brown    7 4 0
Tufts    5 3 0
Vermont    6 4 1
Cornell    6 4 0
Colgate    5 4 0
Columbia    4 3 2
Army    4 4 1
Bucknell    5 5 0
NYU    3 3 1
Lehigh    6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall    4 6 0
Geneva    4 6 0
New Hampshire    2 4 2
Springfield Training School    3 5 0
Rutgers    3 6 0
Villanova    3 7 0
Drexel    1 7 0

Army's losses were to Virginia Tech, Harvard, Yale, and the Carlisle Indians. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets and Midshipmen tied at six.[2] Halfback Henry Torney was honored as a consensus first-team player on the All-America team.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30TuftsW 18–0
October 7Colgate
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–6[4]
October 14VPI
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 6–16
October 21Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–6
October 28Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–204,000[5]
November 11Carlisle
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 5–6
November 18Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 34–0
November 25Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–0
December 2vs. NavyT 6–6

References

  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. "1905 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. "West Point, 18; Colgate, 6". The New York Times. October 8, 1905. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Yale Tallies Twenty Against West Point: Blue Plays Good Football and Keeps Cadets from". The New York Times. October 29, 1905. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
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