1923 Army Cadets football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1923

| team = Army Cadets

| sport = football

| image = Group photo of the 1923 West Point football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–2–1

| head_coach = John McEwan

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Denis Mulligan

| stadium = The Plain

| uniform = 23armyuniform.png

}}

{{1923 Eastern college football independents records}}

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. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets and Midshipmen played to a scoreless tie at the Polo Grounds in New York City.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qe5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3806%2C310777 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Army and Navy play to scoreless tie before a 66,000 jam at Polo Grounds |date=November 25, 1923 |page=1, part 2}}{{cite web|title=1923 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/1923-schedule.html}}

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

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = w

| opponent = Tennessee

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 41–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82824707/army-rides-roughshod-over-univ-tennesse/|work=Buffalo Courier|title=Army rides roughshod over Univ. Tennessee eleven|date=September 30, 1923|accessdate=August 4, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = w

| opponent = Florida

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 20–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-army-has-trouble-beating/136851338/|work=Buffalo Courier|title=Army has trouble beating Florida|date=October 7, 1923|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3058375/springfield_missouri_republican/|work=Springfield Missouri Republican|date=October 7, 1923|page=3|title=Florida defeated by West Point team|access-date=August 21, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| site_stadium = Ebbets Field

| site_cityst = Brooklyn, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–13

| attend = 35,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zUIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786%2C6017841 |work=Pittsburgh Press |title=Army eleven is beaten by Notre Dame |last=Barry |first=George |agency=International News Service |date=October 14, 1923 |page=4, sports }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = w

| opponent = Auburn

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 28–6

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-army-wins-from-auburn/136866032/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Army wins from Auburn warriors|date=October 21, 1923|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1923|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 74–0

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Yale Bowl

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 10–31

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6M9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pEwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6834%2C435439 |work=St. Petersburg Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Army is routed by Yale attack |date=November 4, 1923 |page=8}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1923|team=Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys|title=Arkansas Tech}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 44–0

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1923|team=Bethany Bison|title=Bethany (WV)}}

| site_stadium = The Plain

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 20–6

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 24

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = Navy

| site_stadium = Polo Grounds

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = Army–Navy Game

| score = 0–0

| attend = 66,000

| source =

}}

}}

References

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