1916 Army Cadets football team

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The 1916 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1916 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 9–0 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 235 to 36. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 15 to 7. The Cadets also defeated Notre Dame by a score of 30 to 10 and Villanova by a 69 to 7 score.[1] The 1916 Army team was selected retroactively as the 1916 national champion by Parke H. Davis.[2]

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Record9–0
Headcoach
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1916 Army Cadets football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainJohn McEwan
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1915
1917 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Army â€“ 9–0–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 8–0–0
Brown â€“ 8–1–0
Colgate â€“ 8–1–0
Yale â€“ 8–1–0
Fordham â€“ 6–1–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 8–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
Princeton â€“ 6–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 6–2–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–2–2
Harvard â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 7–3–1
Temple â€“ 3–1–2
Tufts â€“ 5–3–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 4–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 3–2–2
NYU â€“ 4–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–4–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–5–0
Vermont â€“ 4–5–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 3–4–1
New Hampshire â€“ 3–5–2
Geneva â€“ 2–5–2
Carlisle â€“ 1–3–1
Lafayette â€“ 2–6–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–9–0
Columbia â€“ 1–5–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 1–7–0
Villanova â€“ 1–8–0
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Fullback Elmer Oliphant from the 1916 Army team was a consensus first-team All-American and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.[3][4] Center John McEwan received second-team honors from Walter Camp,[5] the United Press,[6] the International News Service,[7] and Walter Eckersall.[8]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30Lebanon ValleyW 3–0
October 7Washington & Lee
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 14–7
October 14Holy Cross
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–0
October 21Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 53–0
October 28Villanova
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 69–7
November 4Notre Dame
W 30–10
November 11Maine
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–3
November 18Springfield YMCA
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–2
November 25vs. NavyW 15–7
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