1917 Army Cadets football team

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The 1917 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1917 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Geoffrey Keyes, the Cadets compiled a 7–1 record, shut out four of their eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 203 to 24. All eight games were played at home and the Cadets' sole loss came to Notre Dame by a 7–2 score. The Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next.[1]

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Record7–1
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1917 Army Cadets football
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Record7–1
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Home stadiumThe Plain
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1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh â€“ 10–0–0
Williams â€“ 7–0–1
Yale â€“ 3–0–0
Princeton â€“ 2–0–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–1–1
Army â€“ 7–1–0
Rutgers â€“ 7–1–1
Penn â€“ 9–2–0
Brown â€“ 8–2–0
Fordham â€“ 7–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 6–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 7–3–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–0
Harvard â€“ 3–1–3
New Hampshire â€“ 3–2–2
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–0
Geneva â€“ 5–3–1
Penn State â€“ 5–4–0
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
NYU â€“ 2–2–3
Tufts â€“ 3–3–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–3–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 3–4–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 2–4–2
Carlisle â€“ 3–6–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–0
Delaware â€“ 2–5–0
Cornell â€“ 3–6–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–6–0
Villanova â€“ 0–3–2
Temple â€“ 0–6–1
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Halfback Elmer Oliphant was a consensus first-team player on the All-America team and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[2][3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Carnegie TechW 28–0
October 13VMI
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 34–0[4]
October 20Tufts
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 26–3
October 27Villanova
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 21–7
November 3Notre Dame
L 2–7[5]
November 10Carlisle
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 28–0
November 17Lebanon Valley
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 50–0
November 24Boston College
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 14–7
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