1914 Army Cadets football team

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1914 Army Cadets football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1914 record9–0
Head coach
  • Charles Dudley Daly (2nd season)
CaptainVernon Prichard
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
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1915 →
1914 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 2 – 2
Fordham   –   6 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 3 – 3
Carlisle   –   5 – 10 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 1
Duquesne   –   1 – 5 – 0

The 1914 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 9–0 record, shut out six of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 219 to 20 – an average of 24.3 points scored and 2.2 points allowed.[1][2] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 20 to 0.[3] The Cadets also defeated Notre Dame 20–7.[4]

The team was recognized as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, and the National Championship Foundation, and a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[5]

Three Army players were recognized as first-team players on the All-America team: end Louis A. Merrilat; center John McEwan; and quarterback Vernon Prichard. Tackle Alex Weyand was selected as a third-team All-American by Walter Camp. Four players from the 1914 team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: McEwan; Weyand; Robert Neyland (later coach at Tennessee); and Elmer Oliphant.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3Stevens
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 49–0
October 10Rutgers
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 13–0
October 17Colgate
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 21–7
October 24Holy Cross
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 14–0
October 31Villanova
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 41–0
November 7Notre Dame
W 20–7
November 14Maine
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 28–0
November 21Springfield YMCA
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 13–6
November 28Navy
W 20–0

Players[]

  • Charles Benedict, fullback
  • Omar Bradley (later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army)
  • William Butler, left tackle
  • William Coffin, fullback
  • John F. Goodman, center
  • Charles Herrick, left guard
  • Paul A. Hodgson, left halfback
  • William M. Hoge, right halfback and fullback
  • James P. Kelly, right end
  • John McEwan, center (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Laurence Meacham, left guard and right guard
  • Louis A. Merrilat, left end and right end
  • Robert Neyland, left end (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Joseph O'Hare, right guard
  • Elmer Oliphant,[6] halfback (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Vernon Prichard, quarterback
  • James Van Fleet, right halfback
  • Alex Weyand, right tackle (College Football Hall of Fame)

References[]

  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "1914 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Well-Balanced Army Machine Overwhelms Navy, 20-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1914.
  4. ^ "Cadets Avenge Defeat by Irish: Strong Army Team Downs Notre Dame, 20 to 7, in Contest at West Point Featured by Forward Pass". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1914.
  5. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Oliphant Has Big Part in Army-Maine Battle". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 15, 1914.
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