1901 Army Cadets football team

1901 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
1901 record	5–1–2
Head coach	Leon Kromer (1st year)
Home stadium	The Plain

The 1901 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1901 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Leon Kromer, the Cadets compiled a 5–1–2 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 98 to 22.^[1] The team's only loss was by a 6 to 0 score against an undefeated Harvard team that has been recognized as a co-national champion for the 1901 season. The Cadets also tied with Yale (5–5) and Princeton (6–6). In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by an 11 to 5 score.^[2]

Two members of the 1901 Army team have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Charles Dudley Daly and tackle Paul Bunker. Both are also recognized by the NCAA as consensus first-team players on the 1901 College Football All-America Team.^[3] Daly received first-team honors from Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney, the New York Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bunker received first-team honors from Camp and the New York Post and second-team honors from Whitney.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5	Franklin & Marshall	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 20–0
October 12	Trinity (CT)	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 17–0
October 19	Harvard	The Plain • West Point, NY	L 0–6
October 26	Williams	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 15–0
November 2	Yale	The Plain • West Point, NY	T 5–5
November 9	Princeton	The Plain • West Point, NY	T 6–6
November 23	Penn	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 24–0
November 30	vs. Navy	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 11–5
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Army Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ "1901 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
↑ "All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation.
↑ "All-America Team of 1901". Spalding's Football Guide: 47. 1902. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
↑ Caspar Whitney (1902). "The Sportsman's View-Point" (PDF). Outing.
↑ "All-American Team: Harvard Football Players in the Majority". Naugatuck Daily News. December 11, 1901.
↑ "Dr. Stauffer's Idea of an All-American". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 8, 1901.

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; Thompson Cup) Notre Dame

Culture & lore	Army Mule Black Death Award "On, Brave Old Army Team" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" 1946 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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