1914 Army Cadets football team

1914 Army Cadets football

National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0
Head coach	Charles Dudley Daly (2nd season)
Captain	Vernon Prichard
Home stadium	The Plain
Seasons ← 1913 1915 →

1914 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson		–		10	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth		–		8	–	1	–	0
Lehigh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		8	–	2	–	0
Yale		–		7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	1
Princeton		–		5	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	2	–	2
Fordham		–		6	–	3	–	1
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		5	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		5	–	3	–	2
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Boston College		–		5	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		4	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	1
Temple		–		3	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		2	–	3	–	3
Carlisle		–		5	–	10	–	1
Holy Cross		–		2	–	5	–	1
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne		–		1	–	5	–	0

The 1914 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 9–0 record, shut out six of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 219 to 20 – an average of 24.3 points scored and 2.2 points allowed.^[1]^[2] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen, 20 to 0.^[3] The Cadets also defeated Notre Dame 20–7.^[4]

The team was recognized as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, and the National Championship Foundation, and a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[5]

Three Army players were recognized as first-team players on the All-America team: end Louis A. Merrilat; center John McEwan; and quarterback Vernon Prichard. Tackle Alex Weyand was selected as a third-team All-American by Walter Camp. Four players from the 1914 team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: McEwan; Weyand; Robert Neyland (later coach at Tennessee); and Elmer Oliphant.

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Stevens	The Plain West Point, NY	W 49–0	^[6]
October 10	Rutgers	The Plain West Point, NY	W 13–0	^[7]
October 17	Colgate	The Plain West Point, NY	W 21–7	^[8]
October 24	Holy Cross	The Plain West Point, NY	W 14–0	^[9]
October 31	Villanova	The Plain West Point, NY	W 41–0	^[10]
November 7	Notre Dame	The Plain West Point, NY (rivalry)	W 20–7	^[4]
November 14	Maine	The Plain West Point, NY	W 28–0	^[11]
November 21	Springfield YMCA	The Plain West Point, NY	W 13–6	^[12]
November 28	Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 20–0	^[3]

Players

Charles Benedict, fullback
Omar Bradley (later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army)
William Butler, left tackle
William Coffin, fullback
John F. Goodman, center
Charles Herrick, left guard
Paul A. Hodgson, left halfback
William M. Hoge, right halfback and fullback
James P. Kelly, right end
John McEwan, center (College Football Hall of Fame)
Laurence Meacham, left guard and right guard
Louis A. Merrilat, left end and right end
Robert Neyland, left end (College Football Hall of Fame)
Joseph O'Hare, right guard
Elmer Oliphant,^[13] halfback (College Football Hall of Fame)
Vernon Prichard, quarterback
James Van Fleet, right halfback
Alex Weyand, right tackle (College Football Hall of Fame)

References

^ "Army Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ "1914 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Well-Balanced Army Machine Overwhelms Navy, 20-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1914.
^ ^a ^b "Cadets Avenge Defeat by Irish: Strong Army Team Downs Notre Dame, 20 to 7, in Contest at West Point Featured by Forward Pass". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1914.
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "Army 49, Stevens 0". The Hartford Courant. October 4, 1918. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Army Beats Rutgers". The Baltimore Sun. October 11, 1914. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Colgate, First Away, Outstayed By Army". The Sun. October 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Lost to Soldier Boys". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 25, 1914. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Army 41, Villanova 0". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1914. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "West Point 28, Maine 0". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1914. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Springfield Beaten at West Point, 13 to 6". The Boston Globe. November 22, 1914. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oliphant Has Big Part in Army-Maine Battle". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 15, 1914.

v t e 1914 Army Cadets football—national champions
Omar Bradley Paul A. Hodgson William M. Hoge John McEwan Louis A. Merrilat Robert Neyland Elmer Oliphant Vernon Prichard James Van Fleet Alex Weyand Head coach: Charles Dudley Daly

v t e Army Black Knights football
Venues	The Plain (1890–1923) Michie Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Navy: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Army Mules Black Death Award "On, Brave Old Army Team" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" 1946 "Game of the Century" West Point Salute Touchdown, Army Code Breakers
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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