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
}}
|{{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 =
}}
|{{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
}}
}}
References
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