1923 Army Cadets football team

1923 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	John McEwan (1st season)
Captain	Denis Mulligan
Home stadium	The Plain
Uniform

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach John McEwan, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 237 to 56.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets and Midshipmen played to a scoreless tie at the Polo Grounds in New York City.^[2][3]

Two Army players were recognized on the All-America team. Center Edgar Garbisch was selected as a first-team player by Tom Thorp and Percy Haughton and a second-team player by Athletic World magazine, Norman E. Brown and Davis Walsh. Garbisch was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Guard August Farwick received second-team honors from Norman E. Brown and Tom Thorp.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Tennessee	The Plain West Point, NY	W 41–0		[4]
October 6	Florida	The Plain West Point, NY	W 20–0		[5][6]
October 13	vs. Notre Dame	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY (rivalry)	L 0–13	35,000	[7]
October 20	Auburn	The Plain West Point, NY	W 28–6		[8]
October 27	Lebanon Valley	The Plain West Point, NY	W 74–0
November 3	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 10–31		[9]
November 10	Arkansas Tech	The Plain West Point, NY	W 44–0
November 17	Bethany (WV)	The Plain West Point, NY	W 20–6
November 24	vs. Navy	Polo Grounds New York, NY (Army–Navy Game)	T 0–0	66,000	[2]

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. "Army and Navy play to scoreless tie before a 66,000 jam at Polo Grounds". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 25, 1923. p. 1, part 2.
3. "1923 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
4. "Army rides roughshod over Univ. Tennessee eleven". Buffalo Courier. September 30, 1923. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Army has trouble beating Florida". Buffalo Courier. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Florida defeated by West Point team". Springfield Missouri Republican. October 7, 1923. p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Barry, George (October 14, 1923). "Army eleven is beaten by Notre Dame". Pittsburgh Press. International News Service. p. 4, sports.
8. "Army wins from Auburn warriors". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.