1893 Army Cadets football team explained
| Year: | 1893 |
| Team: | Army Cadets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 4–5 |
| Head Coach: | Laurie Bliss |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Thomas Gillespie Carson |
| Stadium: | The Plain |
The 1893 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1893 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Laurie Bliss, the Cadets compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 109 to 84.[1] [2] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 6 to 4 score.[3]
No Army Cadets were honored on the 1893 College Football All-America Team.
Players
The following Cadets were members of the 1893 Army football team.[3]
- Thales Lucius Ames, Wisconsin - center
- Dwight Edward Aultman, Pennsylvania - right tackle (USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156) named in his honor)
- John Somerville Battle, North Carolina - left tackle
- A. P. Berry
- W. J. Borden
- Jens Bugge, Jr., Minnesota
- Reynolds Johnson Burt, Ohio
- Thomas Gillespie Carson, Illinois - fullback
- William Durward Connor, Iowa
- Samuel George Creden, Massachusetts - backup quarterback
- Samuel Field Dallam, Pennsylvania
- Chase Doster, Kansas
- Ralph Willard Drury, Massachusetts
- Daniel Duncan, Kentucky - backup left halfback
- James Paxton Harbeson, Kentucky - right end
- James Villard Heidt, Georgia
- James William Hinkley, Jr., New York - quarterback
- Franklin Swart Hutton, New York
- Edward Leonard King, Massachusetts
- Abraham Grant Lott, Kansas - left guard
- Willard Herman McCornack, Illinois
- Dennis E. Nolan, New York - left end
- Paul Reisinger, Pennsylvania
- Otho B. Rosenbaum, Virginia
- George Henry Shelton, Connecticut - left halfback
- Fine Wilson Smith, Kentucky - right guard
- Lucian Stacey, Maine - right halfback
- David Sheridan Stanley
- Harry Howard Stout, Pennsylvania
- W. A. White
- Clarence Charles Williams, Georgia
Notes and References
- Web site: Army Yearly Results (1890-1894). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. August 1, 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190646/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1890-1894_yearly_results.php. dead.
- Web site: 1893 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. August 1, 2015.
- News: Middies Again Triumphant: West Point Cadets Whipped at Football by Two Points. The New York Times. December 3, 1893.
