1932 Army Cadets football team
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The 1932 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1932 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Ralph Sasse, the Cadets compiled an 8–2 record, shut out eight of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 261 to 39.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 20 to 0 score. The Cadets also defeated Harvard, 40 to 0. The team's only losses were to Pittsburgh by an 18 to 13 score and to Notre Dame by a 21 to 0 score.[2]
Three Army players were recognized on the 1932 College Football All-America Team. Guard Milton Summerfelt was a consensus first-team player.[3] End Dick King received first-team honors from the New York Sun,[4] and second-team honors from the Associated Press (AP),[5] Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] and International News Service (INS).[7] Quarterback Felix Vidal received third-team honors from the AP.[5]
Schedule
October 1Furman
W 13–0 October 8Carleton
- Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
W 57–0 October 15Pittsburgh
- Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
L 13–18 October 22at Yale
W 20–0 October 29William & Mary
- Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
W 33–0 November 5at Harvard
W 46–0 November 12North Dakota Agricultural
- Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
W 52–0 November 19West Virginia Wesleyan
- Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
W 7–0 November 26vs. Notre Dame
L 0–21 78,115 December 3vs. Navy
W 20–0
References
- ^ "Army Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "1932 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.
- ^ a b "Four Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team". Evening Independent. Masillon, Ohio. December 3, 1932.
- ^ Bill Braucher (December 2, 1932). "NEA Names Its All-American Football Team for 1932 Season". The Daily News. Frederick, MD.
- ^ "Hearst's Men Select Teams". San Antonio Light. December 4, 1932.