1890 Army Cadets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1890 Army Cadets football Independent 0–1 Dennis Michie 1st Dennis Michie The Plain none The 1890 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1890 college football season. In the academy's first season fielding a team in intercollegiate football, the Cadets compiled a 0–1 record. Football began being played at the academy in 1889, but only one inter-class match game was played that year. During the 1890 season, the Cadets played only one game, on the West Point grounds, losing to the Navy Midshipmen by a 24 to 0 score in the inaugural Army–Navy Game.The Navy Whips The Army: Annapolis's Football Men Conquer West Point's Best The New York Times November 30, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2929321/the_navy_whips_the_army/ A week before the game, The New York Times reported that the planned match "is beginning to assume almost national proportions."The Army and Navy Game The New York Times November 23, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2929648/the_army_and_navy_game/ During the game, Army's quarterback Kirby Walker was knocked out of the game four times, the last time being carried off the field and to the hospital in an unconscious state.Football Bismarck Weekly Tribune December 5, 1890 https://www.newspapers.com/image/81327562/?terms=army%2Bfootball%2Bwest%2BpointFirst Army-Navy Football Game Played; Navy Wins, 24-0 The American Legion's Burn Pit November 30, 2011 http://burnpit.legion.org/2011/11/first-army-navy-football-game-played-navy-wins-24-0 August 2, 2015 May 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120520062910/http://burnpit.legion.org/2011/11/first-army-navy-football-game-played-navy-wins-24-0 dead After the victory, Navy cadets in Annapolis "fired twenty-four great guns, and then paraded the streets with horns."The Naval Cadets Victorious: West Point's Eleven Defeated by Annapolis by the Score of 24 to 0 The New York Tribune November 30, 1890 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2793210/the_naval_cadets_victorious/ A 20-year-old Army player, Dennis Michie, was the captain of the 1890 Army football team,Cadets in the Field: The Contest Between Annapolis and West Point The Salt Lake Herald November 30, 1890 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2929468/cadets_in_the_field/ though he is sometimes listed as the team's head coach. Michie was the lightest player on the team at 142 pounds. Michie was killed in 1898 during the Spanish–American War. Army's home football stadium, Michie Stadium, was dedicated in his honor when it opened in 1924. No Army Cadets were honored on the 1890 College Football All-America Team. Schedule Eastern November 29 l Navy The Plain West Point, NY Army–Navy Game 0–24 Players The following individuals were members of Army's first intercollegiate football team in 1890. Butler Ames, '93, fullback James Bates Cavanagh, '92, substitute back Elmer W. Clark, '93, left guard, 205 pounds Joseph Thadeus Crabbe, '91, right guard Hanson Edward Ely, '91, substitute on rush line Willard E. Gleason, '92, left tackle John W. Heavey, '91, substitute on rush line Tiemann Newell Horn, '91, substitute back Dennis Michie, '92, captain and drop-kicks James T. Moore, '92, left end Jay Johnson Morrow, '91, substitute back Truman Oscar Murphy, '91, substitute on rush line Harry Howard Pattison, '93, substitute back Leonard Morton Prince, '92, right end Francis Henry Schoeffel, '91, right tackle Edward Julius Timberlake, Jr., '93, right halfback Kirby Walker, '92, quarterback, 145 pounds Frank Allen Wilcox, '92, substitute back References Army Category:Army Black Knights football seasons Category:College football winless seasons Army Cadets football