1912 Army Cadets football team

The 1912 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Under head coach Ernest Graves, Sr., the Cadets compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 108 to 59.[1]

1912 Army Cadets football
Dwight D. Eisenhower (3rd from left)
and Omar Bradley (far right) were members
of the 1912 West Point football team.
ConferenceIndependent
1912 record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumThe Plain
1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    9 –0 –0
Penn State   –    8 –0 –0
Carlisle   –    12 –1 –1
Princeton   –    7 –1 –1
Yale   –    7 –1 –1
Lehigh   –    9 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –    7 –2 –0
Wesleyan   –    7 –2 –0
Colgate   –    5 –2 –0
Wash. & Jeff.   –    8 –3 –1
Rhode Island State   –    6 –3 –0
Bucknell   –    6 –3 –1
Temple   –    3 –2 –0
Penn   –    7 –4 –0
Army   –    5 –3 –0
Brown   –    6 –4 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    6 –4 –0
Rutgers   –    5 –4 –0
Tufts   –    5 –4 –0
Fordham   –    4 –4 –0
Villanova   –    3 –3 –0
Morris Harvey   –    2 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    4 –5 –1
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    3 –4 –1
Geneva   –    3 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –6 –0
Boston College   –    2 –4 –1
Cornell   –    3 –7 –0
NYU   –    2 –6 –0

Dwight Eisenhower played at left halfback for the team.[2] Eisenhower's college football career ended on November 16 when he sustained a knee injury against Tufts.[3]

On November 9, Army lost by a 27–6 score to a Carlisle team led by Jim Thorpe.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Stevens Tech
W 27–0
October 12Rutgers
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 19–0[5]
October 19Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–6[6]
October 26Colgate
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–7[7]
November 9Carlisle
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 6–27[4]
November 16Tufts
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 15–6[8]
November 23Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 23–7
November 30vs. Navy
L 0–635,000[9]

References
  1. "1912 Army Black Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. "One of Army's Stars: Dwight Eisenhower, Abilene Boy at West Point in Yale Game". Abilene Weekly Chronicle. October 30, 1912. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Dave Kindred (June 5, 1994). "Knee Injury Sent Eisenhower Toward D-Day and Presidency". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Army Put To Rout By Indian Team". The Sun. November 10, 1912. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rutgers Go Down Before Soldiers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1912. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Yale Too Strong For Army Eleven". New York Tribune. October 20, 1912. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Colgate, First Away, Outstayed By Army". The Sun. October 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Army Hard Pressed". New York Tribune. November 17, 1912. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Brilliant Gathering Sees Navy Warriors Defeat West Point in Great Battle: 35,000 See Navy Kick Itself to Victory Over West Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, 1912. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.


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