1938 Army Cadets football team

The 1938 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1938 college football season. In their first year under head coach William H. Wood, the Cadets compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 243 to 95.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 14 to 7 score. The Cadets' two losses came against Columbia and Notre Dame,[2] and were unranked in the AP poll.

1938 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainJames Schwenk
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

No Army players were recognized on the All-America team.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24WichitaW 32–0
October 1VPI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 39–0
October 8Columbia
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 18–2025,000[3]
October 15at HarvardW 20–1755,000[4]
October 22Boston University
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 40–0
October 29vs. No. 7 Notre DameL 7–1976,338
November 5Franklin & Marshall
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 20–12
November 12Chattanooga
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 34–1312,000[5]
November 19Princeton
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 19–7
November 26vs. NavyW 14–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "1938 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 9, 1938). "Columbia Defeats Army, 20-18; Lions Go 80 Yards". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Army Beats Harvard On Late Score, 20-17". New York Daily News. October 16, 1938. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Army outscores Chattanooga, 34–13". Daily News. November 13, 1938. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.