1897 Army Cadets football team
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The 1897 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1897 college football season. In their first season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 194 to 41.[1] The Cadets suffered their only loss against Harvard by a 10 to 0 score and played Yale to a 6–6 tie. The Army–Navy Game was not played in 1897.[2]
Three Army Cadets were honored on the 1897 College Football All-America Team. Halfback William Nesbitt received second-team honors from Walter Camp. Quarterback Leon Kromer received second-team honors from the New York Sun. Tackle Wallace Scales received second-team honors from Walter Camp and The New York Sun.[3][4]
Schedule
October 2Trinity (CT)
W 38–6 October 9Wesleyan
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
W 12–9 October 16Harvard
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
L 0–10 October 23Tufts
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
W 30–0 October 30Yale
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
T 6–6 November 6Lehigh
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
W 48–6 November 13Stevens Tech
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
W 18–4 November 20Brown
- The Plain
- West Point, NY
W 42–0
References
- ^ "Army Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "1897 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders". New Haven Evening Register. December 8, 1897.
- ^ "An Arduous Task: The Choosing of an All American Representative Football Team". Evening News. Lincoln, Nebraska. December 15, 1897 – via reprinted from New York Sun.