1902 Army Cadets football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1902

| team = Army Cadets

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–1–1

| head_coach = Dennis E. Nolan

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Robert Boyers

| stadium = The Plain

}}

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 {{nowrap|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 {{nowrap|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 {{nowrap|22–8.{{cite web|title=1902 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=July 29, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1902-schedule.html}}}}

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).{{cite book|author=Michael MacCambridge, Dan Jenkins|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present|page=1145|date=2005}}{{cite journal|journal=Spalding's Football Guide|year=1903|title=All-America Team and Review of Season of 1902|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA31|via=Google books|access-date=March 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|author=Caspar Whitney|title=The Viewpoint|date=January 1903|work=Outing|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_41/outLXI04/outLXI04r.pdf|access-date=2015-07-29|archive-date=2012-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723104926/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_41/outLXI04/outLXI04r.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 5–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| w/l = w

| opponent = Dickinson

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 11–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| w/l = l

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = {{spaces|3}}6–14

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 28–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = t

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 6–6

| source = {{cite news|title=Yale and West Point Tie: Six to Six Is the Score After Hard Battle -- Weight of New-Haven Team Balked By Soldiers' Line|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=November 2, 1902|page=28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244261/yale-and-west-point-tie-six-to-six-is/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=Union Garnet|title=Union (NY)}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 56–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = w

| opponent = Syracuse

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 46–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 29

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = Navy

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| gamename = Army–Navy Game

| score = 22–8

}}

Personnel

HB Paul Bunker

References

Army

Category:Army Black Knights football seasons

Army Cadets football