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1923 Army Cadets football team

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1923 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainDenis Mulligan
Home stadiumThe Plain
Uniform
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach John McEwan, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 237 to 56.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets and Midshipmen played to a scoreless tie at the Polo Grounds in New York City.[2][3]

Two Army players were recognized on the All-America team. Center Edgar Garbisch was selected as a first-team player by Tom Thorp and Percy Haughton and a second-team player by Athletic World magazine, Norman E. Brown and Davis Walsh. Garbisch was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Guard August Farwick received second-team honors from Norman E. Brown and Tom Thorp.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29TennesseeW 41–0[4]
October 6Florida
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 20–0[5][6]
October 13vs. Notre DameL 0–1335,000[7]
October 20Auburn
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 28–6[8]
October 27Lebanon Valley
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 74–0
November 3at YaleL 10–31[9]
November 10Arkansas Tech
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 44–0
November 17Bethany (WV)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 20–6
November 24vs. NavyT 0–066,000[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Army and Navy play to scoreless tie before a 66,000 jam at Polo Grounds". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 25, 1923. p. 1, part 2.
  3. ^ "1923 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "Army rides roughshod over Univ. Tennessee eleven". Buffalo Courier. September 30, 1923. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Army has trouble beating Florida". Buffalo Courier. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Florida defeated by West Point team". Springfield Missouri Republican. October 7, 1923. p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Barry, George (October 14, 1923). "Army eleven is beaten by Notre Dame". Pittsburgh Press. International News Service. p. 4, sports.
  8. ^ "Army wins from Auburn warriors". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.