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1907 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
1907 record6–2–1
Head coachHenry Smither (2nd season)
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →

Template:1907 college football independents records The 1907 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1907 college football season. In their second season (first full season) under head coach Henry Smither, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out six of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 125 to 24.[1] The team's only two losses were to Cornell and to Navy in the annual Army–Navy Game.[2]

Two Army players were honored by either Walter Camp (WC) or Caspar Whitney (CW) on the All-America team. They are guard William Erwin (WC-1, CW-1) and tackle Henry Weeks (WC-3, CW-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5Franklin & MarshallW 23–0
October 12Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 12–0
October 19Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 0–0
October 26Rochester
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 30–0
November 2[[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 6–0
November 9Cornell
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 10–14
November 16Tufts
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 21–0
November 23Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 23–4
November 30vs. NavyL 0–6

References[]

  1. "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.
  2. "1907 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1907-schedule.html. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "Camp Selects His All American Team". Trenton Evening Times. December 27, 1903.
  4. "Whitney Picks Out the Champ Eleven: All-American Eleven Taken from the East". La Crosse Tribune. December 26, 1907.
  5. "Casper Whitney Shuns the West: Eleven Eastern Players Picked for All-American Eleven". Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. December 26, 1907.


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