| 1906 Army Cadets football | |
| Conference | Independent |
|---|---|
| 1906 record | 3–5–1 |
| Head coach | Henry Smither Ernest Graves, Sr. (1st 1st season) |
| Home stadium | The Plain |
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Template:1906 college football independents records The 1906 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1906 college football season. The Cadets compiled a 3–5–1 record, shut out four opponents (including a scoreless tie with Colgate), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 59 to 37.[1] Henry Smither was the coach in the first game of the season, and Ernest Graves, Sr., was the coach in games two through nine. The team's setbacks included losses to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen 10–0.[2]
Two Army players were honored by either Walter Camp (WC) or Caspar Whitney (CW) on the All-America team. They are tackle Henry Weeks (WC-3, CW-2) and guard William Christy (WC-3).[3][4]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 29 | Tufts | W 12–0 | |
| October 6 | Trinity |
| W 24–0 |
| October 13 | [[{{{school}}}|Colgate]] |
| T 0–0 |
| October 20 | Williams |
| W 17–0 |
| October 27 | Harvard |
| L 0–5 |
| November 3 | Yale |
| L 6–10 |
| November 10 | Princeton |
| L 0–8 |
| November 24 | Syracuse |
| L 0–4 |
| December 1 | vs. Navy | L 0–10 |
References[]
- ↑ "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1905-1909_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "1906 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1906-schedule.html. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards.
- ↑ Caspar Whitney. "The View-Point". Outing: p. 537. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa9hAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=0#v=onepage.
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