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1910 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
1910 record6–2
Head coachHarry Nelly (3rd season)
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →

Template:1910 college football independents records 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 All-America team.[3] Arnold was also selected by The New York Times as a second-team All-American.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 8TuftsW 24–0
October 15Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 9–3
October 22Lehigh
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 28–0
October 29Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–6
November 5Springfield (MA)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 5–0
November 12Villanova
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 13–0
November 19Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–0
November 26vs. NavyL 0–3

References[]

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1910-1914_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1910 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1910-schedule.html. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. "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. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/12/04/105102449.pdf.


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