1908 Army Cadets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2022 1908 Army Cadets football Group photo of the 1908 US Army football team.png 285 Independent 6–1–2 Harry Nelly 1st Wallace Philoon The Plain The 1908 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents (including a scoreless tie with Princeton), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 87 to 21. The team's only loss was to Yale. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 6–4.1908 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 29, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1908-schedule.html Two Army players were honored by Walter Camp (WC) on his All-America team. They are center Wallace Philoon (second team) and end Johnson (third team).Camp's 1908 All-America Selections Reading Eagle November 26, 1930 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Th8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=seEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4090,5070334 Philoon also received first-team honors from the Washington Herald, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Fred Crolius. In addition, tackle Daniel Pullen was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York World,Another All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team The Philadelphia Inquirer December 5, 1908 Fielding H. Yost,https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-07-1908-3372044/ All-American Elevens Picked By Two Experts Syracuse Herald 12 1908-12-07 2022-08-12 NewspaperArchive T. A. Dwight Jones,Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1909 27 https://archive.org/stream/officialnational05nati#page/n15/mode/2up and the Kansas City Journal. Schedule October 3 w 1908 Tufts Jumbos Tufts The Plain West Point, NY 5–0 October 10 w 1908 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) The Plain West Point, NY 33–0 October 17 l Yale The Plain West Point, NY 0–6 October 24 w Colgate The Plain West Point, NY 6–0 Colgate Plays Strongly: Army Able to Score Just Once Against the Colgate Eleven The Sun (New York City) October 25, 1908 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120827307/colgate-plays-strongly-army-able-to/ Newspapers.com October 31 t Princeton The Plain West Point, NY 0–0 November 7 w Springfield Training School The Plain West Point, NY 6–5 Scare For Army Team https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99135898/new-york-tribune/ New-York Tribune New York, New York November 8, 1908 8 April 5, 2022 Newspapers.com November 14 t Washington & Jefferson The Plain West Point, NY 6–6 November 21 w Villanova The Plain West Point, NY 25–0 November 28 w y Navy Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA Army–Navy Game 6–4 References Army Category:Army Black Knights football seasons Army Cadets football