1908 Army Cadets football team
| 1908 Army Cadets football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1908 record | 6–1–2 |
| Head coach | Harry Nelly (1st year) |
| Home stadium | The Plain |
The 1908 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 6–1–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents (including a scoreless tie with Princeton), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 87 to 21. The team's only loss was to Yale. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 6 to 4 score.
Two Army players were honored by Walter Camp (WC) on his 1908 College Football All-America Team. They are center Wallace Philoon (second team) and end Johnson (third team). Philoon also received first-team honors from the Washington Herald, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Fred Crolius. In addition, tackle Daniel Pullen was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York World,Fielding H. Yost,T. A. Dwight Jones, and the Kansas City Journal.
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