1900 Army Cadets football team

The 1900 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1900 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 7–3–1 record, shut out seven opponents (including a scoreless tie with Penn State), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 109 to 68.^[1] The team's three losses came in games against Harvard (29–0), national champion Yale (18–0), and Navy (11–7).^[2]

1900 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–1
Head coach	Herman Koehler (4th season)
Captain	Walter Smith
Home stadium	The Plain
Seasons ← 1899 1901 →

1900 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					12	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. of Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					5	–	6	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	7	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	4	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	6	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0

Army end Walter Smith is recognized by the NCAA as a consensus first-team player on the 1900 College Football All-America Team,^[3] having received first-team honors from Caspar Whitney^[4] and third-team honors from Walter Camp.^[5] Tackle Edward Farnsworth also received third-team honors from Camp.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Tufts	The Plain West Point, NY	W 5–0
October 6	Penn State	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0
October 13	Trinity (CT)	The Plain West Point, NY	W 28–0
October 17	De La Salle Institute (NY)	The Plain West Point, NY	W 11–0
October 20	Harvard	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–29	5,000	[6]
October 27	Williams	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0
November 3	Yale	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–18		[7]
November 7	Rutgers	The Plain West Point, NY	W 23–0		[8]
November 10	Hamilton	The Plain West Point, NY	W 11–0
November 17	Bucknell	The Plain West Point, NY	W 18–10
December 1	vs. Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–11

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. "1900 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. Caspar Whitney (January 1901). "University Football: The Season of 1900 Reviewed" (PDF). Outing. pp. 483–484.
5. "Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections". Capital Times. November 23, 1930.
6. "Harvard, 29; West Point, 0: Crimson Eleven Wins Easily Before 5000 Spectators". Boston Post. October 21, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
7. "Yale in the Dumps: Slump Has Overwhelmed the Eleven of Giants". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1900. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "West Point won easily". The New York Times. November 8, 1900. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.