1902 Army Cadets football team

The 1902 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1902 college football season. In their only season under head coach Dennis E. Nolan, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–1 record, shut out five of their eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 180 to 28. Army's only loss was 14–6 to Harvard. The Cadets also defeated Syracuse by a 46 to 0 score and tied with an undefeated Yale team that has been recognized as a national co-champion. In the annual Army–Navy Game at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 22–8.

1902 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
  • Leon Kromer (1st season)
CaptainRobert Boyers
Home stadiumThe Plain
1902 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus    9 0 0
Yale    11 0 1
Geneva    7 0 0
Harvard    11 1 0
Princeton    8 1 0
Army    6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall    7 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 1
Holy Cross    6 2 1
Syracuse    6 2 1
Carlisle    8 3 0
Cornell    8 3 0
Lafayette    8 3 0
Amherst    7 3 0
Penn State    7 3 0
Penn    9 4 0
Lehigh    7 3 1
Vermont    5 3 2
Colgate    5 3 1
NYU    5 3 0
Bucknell    6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson    6 4 0
Columbia    6 4 1
Springfield Training School    3 2 1
Villanova    4 3 0
Brown    5 4 1
Swarthmore    6 6 0
Western U. of Penn.    5 6 1
New Hampshire    2 3 1
Buffalo    3 5 1
Tufts    4 6 1
Fordham    2 4 1
Wesleyan    3 6 1
Rutgers    3 7 0
Navy    2 7 1
Drexel    1 4 1
Temple    1 4 1
Pittsburgh College    1 6 0
Boston College    0 8 0

Two members of this team were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Charles Dudley Daly and tackle Paul Bunker. In addition, five members of the squad were honored by one or both of Walter Camp (WC) and Caspar Whitney (CW) on the All-America team. They are: Bunker (WC-1, CW-1); Daly (WC-3); center Robert Boyers (WC-2, CW-1); tackle Edward Farnsworth (CW-2); and fullback Henry Torney (WC-3).

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