1907 Army Cadets football team

The 1907 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1907 college football season. In their second season (first full season) under head coach Henry Smither, the Cadets compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out six of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 125 to 24.[1] The team's only two losses were to Cornell and to Navy in the annual Army–Navy Game.[2]

1907 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
1907 record	6–2–1
Head coach	Henry Smither (2nd season)
Home stadium	The Plain

1907 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	1	–	0
Carlisle			–					10	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	0	–	2
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					8	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	5	–	2
Amherst			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	2
Wesleyan			–					1	–	7	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	8	–	0

Two Army players were honored by either Walter Camp (WC) or Caspar Whitney (CW) on the All-America team. They are guard William Erwin (WC-1, CW-1) and tackle Henry Weeks (WC-3, CW-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5	Franklin & Marshall	The Plain West Point, NY	W 23–0
October 12	Trinity (CT)	The Plain West Point, NY	W 12–0
October 19	Yale	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0
October 26	Rochester	The Plain West Point, NY	W 30–0
November 2	Colgate	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0
November 9	Cornell	The Plain West Point, NY	L 10–14
November 16	Tufts	The Plain West Point, NY	W 21–0
November 23	Syracuse	The Plain West Point, NY	W 23–4
November 30	vs. Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–6

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. "1907 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
3. "Camp Selects His All American Team". Trenton Evening Times. December 27, 1903.
4. "Whitney Picks Out the Champ Eleven: All-American Eleven Taken from the East". La Crosse Tribune. December 26, 1907.
5. "Casper Whitney Shuns the West: Eleven Eastern Players Picked for All-American Eleven". Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. December 26, 1907.