1917 Army Cadets football team

American college football season February 2026 December 2022 1917 Army Cadets football Group photo of the 1917 West Point football team.png 285 Independent 7–1 Geoffrey Keyes 1st Biff Jones Elmer Oliphant The Plain The 1917 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during 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.1917 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 29, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1917-schedule.html 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.2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2014 August 16, 2014 4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf November 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf deadElmer "Ollie" Oliphant National Football Foundation July 30, 2015 1307 Schedule October 6 w 1917 Carnegie Tech Tartans Carnegie Tech The Plain West Point, NY 28–0 October 13 w VMI The Plain West Point, NY 34–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90745553/victory-for-army-over-vmi-cadets/ The New York Times Victory for Army over V.M.I. Cadets October 14, 1917 December 17, 2021 Newspapers.com October 20 w 1917 Tufts Jumbos Tufts The Plain West Point, NY 26–3 October 27 w Villanova The Plain West Point, NY 21–7 November 3 l Notre Dame The Plain West Point, NY rivalry 2–7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5061%2C3211310 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Notre Dame beats Army November 4, 1917 1, part 3 November 10 w Carlisle The Plain West Point, NY 28–0 November 17 w 1917 Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen Lebanon Valley The Plain West Point, NY 50–0 November 24 w Boston College The Plain West Point, NY 14–7 References Army Category:Army Black Knights football seasons Army Cadets football