1922 Army Cadets football team

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The 1922 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1922 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 8–0–2 record, shut out seven of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 228 to 27, an average of 22.8 points scored and 2.7 points allowed. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 17–14.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–2
Headcoach
CaptainFritz Breidster
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1922 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–2
Head coach
CaptainFritz Breidster
Home stadiumThe Plain
Uniform
Seasons
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1923 â†’
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1922 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
Princeton â€“ 8–0–0
Army â€“ 8–0–2
Syracuse â€“ 6–1–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 8–2–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 8–2–0
Holy Cross â€“ 7–2–1
Harvard â€“ 7–2–0
Lafayette â€“ 7–2–0
Springfield â€“ 6–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–1
Brown â€“ 6–2–1
Colgate â€“ 6–3–0
Dartmouth â€“ 6–3–0
Penn â€“ 6–3–0
Vermont â€“ 6–3–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–3–1
Yale â€“ 6–3–1
Bucknell â€“ 7–4–0
Penn State â€“ 6–4–1
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–3–1
Villanova â€“ 5–3–1
Columbia â€“ 5–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–4–0
Tufts â€“ 5–4–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 4–4–0
NYU â€“ 4–5–0
Fordham â€“ 3–5–2
Geneva â€“ 4–6–0
Boston University â€“ 2–4–3
Lehigh â€“ 3–5–1
New Hampshire â€“ 3–5–1
Drexel â€“ 2–4–0
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
Buffalo â€“ 1–5–0
CCNY â€“ 1–6–0
Duquesne â€“ 0–8–0
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Two Army players were recognized as first-team players on the All-America team: guard Fritz Breidster and center Edgar Garbisch. Garbisch was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Springfield
W 35–0[2]
September 30Lebanon Valley
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 12–0[3]
October 7Kansas
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 13–0
October 14Auburn
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 19–6[4]
October 21New Hampshire
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 33–0[5]
October 28at Yale
T 7–777,000[6]
November 4St. Bonaventure
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 53–0
November 11Notre Dame
T 0–015,000[7]
November 18Bates
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 39–0
November 25vs. Navy
W 17–14
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Players

Army's first-string players started only six games, against the Springfield YMCA, Kansas, Auburn, Yale, Notre Dame, and Navy. The following individuals were starters in at least two of those six games.[8]

  • Fritz Breidster - started 5 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard
  • Francis Dodd - started 3 games at right halfback
  • August W. Farwick - started 1 game at right tackle, 1 game at left guard, 4 games at right guard
  • Edgar Garbisch - started 5 games at center
  • Sanford J. Goodman - started 2 games at left tackle, 4 games at right tackle
  • Charles W. Lawrence - started 1 game at right halfback, 1 game at left halfback
  • Dennis J. Mulligan - started 1 game at right tackle, 4 games at left tackle
  • Charles T. Myers - started 3 games at left end, 2 games at right end
  • George Winfered Smythe - started 6 games at quarterback
  • Patrick W. Timberlake - started 5 games at left halfback
  • Washington M. Ives - started 2 game at right halfback
  • Walter C. White - started 2 games at left end, 3 games at right end
  • William H. Wood - started 6 games at fullback

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