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1893 Army Cadets football team
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1893 Army Cadets football Independent 4–5 Laurie Bliss 1st Thomas Gillespie Carson The Plain
The 1893 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1893 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Laurie Bliss, the Cadets compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 109 to 84.1893 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football August 1, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1893-schedule.html In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 6 to 4 score.Middies Again Triumphant: West Point Cadets Whipped at Football by Two Points The New York Times December 3, 1893 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/12/03/109270154.pdf
No Army Cadets were honored on the 1893 College Football All-America Team.
Schedule
September 30 l Volunteer AC The Plain West Point, NY 4–6 October 7 3:30 p.m. w Lafayette The Plain West Point, NY 36–0 1,200 Laurie Bliss's Kickers Won https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world/200336692/ The World New York, New York October 8, 1893 10 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com West Point, 36; Lafayette, 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109163980/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York October 8, 1893 3 September 8, 2022 Newspapers.com October 14 l Lehigh The Plain West Point, NY 0–18 October 21 3:30 p.m. w Amherst The Plain West Point, NY 12–4 2,000 Amherst Outplayed.—Laurie Bliss's West Point Cadets Seem to Be in Tiptop Form https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world/200326884/ The World New York, New York October 22, 1893 12 June 25, 2026 Newspapers.com West Point, 12; Amherst, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-post/200327018/ The Sunday Post Boston, Massachusetts October 22, 1893 8 June 25, 2026 Newspapers.com October 28 l Yale The Plain West Point, NY 0–28 November 4 w 1893 Union Garnet Union (NY) The Plain West Point, NY 6–0 November 11 w 1893 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) The Plain West Point, NY 18–11 November 18 l Princeton The Plain West Point, NY 4–36 December 2 l y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD Army–Navy Game 4–6
Players
The following Cadets were members of the 1893 Army football team.
Thales Lucius Ames, Wisconsin - center
Dwight Edward Aultman, Pennsylvania - right tackle (USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156) named in his honor)
John Somerville Battle, North Carolina - left tackle
A. P. Berry
W. J. Borden
Jens Bugge, Jr., Minnesota
Reynolds Johnson Burt, Ohio
Thomas Gillespie Carson, Illinois - fullback
William Durward Connor, Iowa
Samuel George Creden, Massachusetts - backup quarterback
Samuel Field Dallam, Pennsylvania
Chase Doster, Kansas
Ralph Willard Drury, Massachusetts
Daniel Duncan, Kentucky - backup left halfback
James Paxton Harbeson, Kentucky - right end
James Villard Heidt, Georgia
James William Hinkley, Jr., New York - quarterback
Franklin Swart Hutton, New York
Edward Leonard King, Massachusetts
Abraham Grant Lott, Kansas - left guard
Willard Herman McCornack, Illinois
Dennis E. Nolan, New York - left end
Paul Reisinger, Pennsylvania
Otho B. Rosenbaum, Virginia
George Henry Shelton, Connecticut - left halfback
Fine Wilson Smith, Kentucky - right guard
Lucian Stacey, Maine - right halfback
David Sheridan Stanley
Harry Howard Stout, Pennsylvania
W. A. White
Clarence Charles Williams, Georgia
References
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Category:Army Black Knights football seasons
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