1891 Army Cadets football team

The 1891 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1891 college football season. In the first full season of Army football (Army had played a single game in 1890), the Cadets compiled a 4–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 80 to 73. The Cadets opened the season with a 10–6 victory over Fordham, the team's first-ever win.[1] In the final game of the season, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by 32–16 in the second annual Army–Navy Game.[2]

1891 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
CaptainDennis Michie
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
 1890
1892 
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale  1300
Harvard  1310
Princeton  1210
Tufts  710
Penn  1120
Colgate  410
Army  411
Bucknell  621
Navy  520
Cornell  730
Geneva  420
Washington & Jefferson  420
Lehigh  740
Rutgers  860
Brown  460
Springfield YMCA  581
Fordham  121
Syracuse  470
Massachusetts  250
Western Univ. Penn.  260
Lafayette  291
NYU  140
Columbia  150
Wesleyan  160

Army's head coach in 1891 was 22-year-old Henry L. Williams, who had played football at Yale. Williams remained at the academy only one year. He later served as head coach at Minnesota for 22 years and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

No Army Cadets were honored on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 24FordhamW 10–6
October 31Princeton "B" team
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 12–12
November 7Stevens
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 14–12
November 14Rutgers
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 6–27
November 21Schuylkill Navy AC
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 6–0
November 28at NavyW 32–16

Players

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  • Harry H. Pattison
  • Sterling P. Adams, center
  • Butler Ames
  • Elmer W. Clark, right guard
  • Peter W. Davidson, left halfback
  • Willard E. Gleason, left guard
  • George E. Houle, left tackle
  • Dennis Michie, fullback
  • James T. Moore, left end
  • Leonard M. Prince, right end
  • Fine W. Smith, right tackle
  • Edward J. Timberlake, right halfback
  • Kirby Walker, quarterback
  • Frank A. Wilcox

References

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