1918 Army Cadets football team

1918 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–0
Head coach	Hugh Mitchell (1st season)
Captain	Eugene Luther Vidal
Home stadium	The Plain
Seasons ←  1917 1919  →

1918 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					6	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	0	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	0	–	0
Army			–					1	–	0	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					3	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	2	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					1	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					0	–	1	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1918 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In their only season under head coach Hugh Mitchell, the Cadets played just one game, on campus at West Point. ^{[1] [2]}

Eugene Luther Vidal, played fullback and was the team captain. ^[3]

On September 28, Army played its only game of the season, defeating the airmen of Mitchel Field by a score of 20 to 0. ^[4]

The season was shortened by World War I. In a first step, the War Department issued an order prohibiting overnight trips prior to November 1; the edict forced the cancellation of road games against Boston College and Syracuse. ^[5] A second order issued on October 4 directed that all upper classmen would be graduated on November 1, leaving the academy with only the members of the plebe class that arrived during the summer. The move left the academy unable to field "a representative Army eleven," and the scheduled game on October 5 with Boston College was cancelled. ^{[6] [7]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Mitchel Field	The Plain West Point, NY	W 20–0

Roster

• Earl Blaik

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. "1918 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Army Football Squad Takes First Practice". New York Tribune. September 8, 1918. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Army Beats Fliers in Football Game: Vidal, Vandegraaf and Hahn Star in Victory Over Mitchell Field Eleven, 20 to 0". New York Herald. September 29, 1918. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Army's Plans for Football Riddled: Boston, Syracuse and Tufts, Carded for October, Forced to Cancel Games". New York Herald. October 3, 1918. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Army Football Is Doomed: All of West Points' Best Players to Graduate on Nov. 1". The New York Times. October 5, 1918. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "No Army Football". Democrat and Chronicle. October 15, 1918. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.