1910 Army Cadets football team
| 1910 Army Cadets football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1910 record | 6–2 |
| Head coach | Harry Nelly (3rd year) |
| Home stadium | The Plain |
The 1910 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1910 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 6–2 record, shut out five of their eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 96 to 12 – an average of 12.0 points scored and 1.5 points allowed.[1] The Cadets' two losses came against 1910 national champion Harvard by a 6 to 0 score and to the Navy Midshipmen by a 3 to 0 score in the annual Army–Navy Game.[2]
Army's center Archibald Vincent Arnold was selected by sports writer, Wilton S. Farnsworth, of the New York Evening Journal as a first-team player on the 1910 College Football All-America Team.[3] Arnold was also selected by The New York Times as a second-team All-American.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | Tufts | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 24–0 | ||||||
| October 15 | Yale | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 9–3 | ||||||
| October 22 | Lehigh | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 28–0 | ||||||
| October 29 | Harvard | The Plain • West Point, NY | L 0–6 | ||||||
| November 5 | Springfield (MA) | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 5–0 | ||||||
| November 12 | Villanova | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 13–0 | ||||||
| November 19 | Trinity (CT) | The Plain • West Point, NY | W 17–0 | ||||||
| November 26 | vs. Navy | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game) | L 0–3 | ||||||
| All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Army Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "1910 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ Farnsworth, W.S. (December 4, 1910). "Picking All-Stars Is No Easy Task: Backfield Men Show Greater Individuality Then Men on the Line and Are More Easily Chosen". The Billings Daily Gazette.
- ↑ "5 Harvard Men on All-American Team; Superiority of Crimson Players Earns Places on Picked Football Eleven" (PDF). The New York Times. December 4, 1910.