1906 Army Cadets football team

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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. 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.[1]

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Record3–5–1
Headcoach
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1906 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainRay Hill
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
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1907 â†’
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1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 9–0–1
Yale â€“ 9–0–1
Haverford â€“ 7–0–2
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Cornell â€“ 8–1–2
Lafayette â€“ 8–1–1
Penn State â€“ 8–1–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 7–2–0
Drexel â€“ 6–2–0
Tufts â€“ 6–2–0
Penn â€“ 7–2–3
Carlisle â€“ 9–3–0
Brown â€“ 6–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–2–2
Dartmouth â€“ 6–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 6–3–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–2
Vermont â€“ 5–4–0
Fordham â€“ 5–3–0
Western U. of Penn. â€“ 6–4–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–3–1
Amherst â€“ 3–3–1
Lehigh â€“ 5–5–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–4–1
Dickinson â€“ 3–4–2
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–3–2
Army â€“ 3–5–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 2–4–1
New Hampshire â€“ 2–5–1
Villanova â€“ 3–7–0
Springfield Training School â€“ 1–5–3
NYU â€“ 0–4–0
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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).[2][3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29TuftsW 12–0
October 6Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 24–0
October 13Colgate
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 0–0[4]
October 20Williams
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–0
October 27Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–5
November 3Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 6–10[5]
November 10Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–8[6]
November 24Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–4
December 1vs. NavyL 0–10
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