1917 Army Cadets football team

American college football season

1917 Army Cadets football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–1
Head coach|

* Geoffrey Keyes (1st season)

Captain| Biff Jones, Elmer Oliphant
Home stadium| The Plain

Seasons

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1917 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 3
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 3
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rhode Island State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Delaware |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 2
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 6  | - | 1

The 1917 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1917 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Geoffrey Keyes, the Cadets compiled a 7–1 record, shut out four of their eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 203 to 24.[1] All eight games were played at home and the Cadets' sole loss came to Notre Dame by a 7–2 score. The Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next.[2]

Halfback Elmer Oliphant was a consensus first-team player on the All-America team and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[3][4]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 6| Carnegie Tech|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 28–0|
October 13| VMI|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 34–0| [5]
October 20| Tufts|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 26–3|
October 27| Villanova|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 21–7|
November 3| Notre Dame|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY (rivalry)

| L 2–7| [6]
November 10| Carlisle|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 28–0|
November 17| Lebanon Valley|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 50–0|
November 24| Boston College|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| W 14–7|

## References

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1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. ^ "1917 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
4. ^ "Elmer "Ollie" Oliphant". National Football Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
5. ^ "Victory for Army over V.M.I. Cadets". The New York Times. October 14, 1917. Retrieved December 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Notre Dame beats Army". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 4, 1917. p. 1, part 3.

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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

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