1932 Army Cadets football team

The 1932 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1932 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Ralph Sasse, the Cadets compiled an 8–2 record, shut out eight of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 261 to 39.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 20–0. The Cadets also defeated Harvard, 40 to 0. The team's two losses were to Pittsburgh by an 18 to 13 score and a 21–0 shutout by Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.[2]

1932 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainMilt Summerfelt
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1932 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Colgate   –  9 –0 –0
Brown   –  7 –1 –0
Columbia   –  7 –1 –1
Pittsburgh   –  8 –1 –2
No. 8 Army   –  8 –2 –0
Drexel   –  5 –1 –1
Massachusetts State   –  7 –2 –0
Villanova   –  7 –2 –0
Duquesne   –  7 –2 –1
Fordham   –  6 –2 –0
Penn   –  6 –2 –0
Temple   –  5 –1 –2
Tufts   –  5 –1 –2
Cornell   –  5 –2 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –2 –1
Boston College   –  4 –2 –2
La Salle   –  4 –2 –2
Harvard   –  5 –3 –0
NYU   –  5 –3 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  5 –3 –1
Manhattan   –  6 –3 –2
Carnegie Tech   –  4 –3 –2
Bucknell   –  4 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  4 –4 –1
Princeton   –  2 –2 –3
Yale   –  2 –2 –3
Boston University   –  2 –3 –2
Vermont   –  2 –4 –1
CCNY   –  2 –5 –0
Penn State   –  2 –5 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Three Army players were recognized on the All-America team. Guard Milton Summerfelt was a consensus first-team player.[3] End Dick King received first-team honors from the New York Sun,[4] and second-team honors from the Associated Press (AP),[5] Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] and International News Service (INS).[7] Quarterback Felix Vidal received third-team honors from the AP.[5]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Furman
W 13–0[8]
October 8Carleton
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 57–0[9]
October 15Pittsburgh
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 13–1820,000[10]
October 22at Yale
W 20–0[11]
October 29William & Mary
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 33–0[12]
November 5at Harvard
W 46–035,000[13]
November 12North Dakota Agricultural
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 52–010,000[14]
November 19West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 7–0[15]
November 26vs. Notre Dame
L 0–2180,000[16]
December 3vs. Navy
W 20–080,000[17]

References
  1. "Army Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1932 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.
  5. "Four Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team". Evening Independent. Masillon, Ohio. December 3, 1932.
  6. Bill Braucher (December 2, 1932). "NEA Names Its All-American Football Team for 1932 Season". The Daily News. Frederick, MD.
  7. "Hearst's Men Select Teams". San Antonio Light. December 4, 1932.
  8. "Army Given Real Argument Before Beating Furman, 13-0". The Baltimore Sun. October 2, 1932. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Elliott Scores Three Touchdowns As Cadets Riddle Carleton, 57-0". New York Daily News. October 9, 1932. p. 51C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Chester L. Smith (October 16, 1932). "Pitt Defeats Army, 18-13, In Close Battle". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Albert W. Keane (October 23, 1932). "Fast Army Team Beats Yale 20-0". The Hartford Courant. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Army Piles Up Points To Beat W. and M., 33-0". New York Daily News. October 30, 1932. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Todd Wright (October 30, 1932). "Brown Scores 14-0 Win Over Harvard!". New York Daily News. p. 53C – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Al Copland (November 13, 1932). "Army Bombards North Dakotans To Triumph, 52-0". New York Daily News. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. Todd Wright (November 20, 1932). "Army Outswims Wesleyan, 7 to 0, in Lake Michie". New York Daily News. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Francis Wallace (November 27, 1932). "Nomads Capture Army, 21-0!". New York Daily News. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. Perry Lewis (December 4, 1932). "80,000 See Army Capture Navy, 20-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.


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