1971 Army Cadets football team

1971 Army Cadets football
Conference Independent
1971 record 6–4
Head coach Tom Cahill (6th season)
Home stadium Michie Stadium
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Penn State      11 1 0
Boston College      9 2 0
No. 17 Houston      9 3 0
No. 13 Notre Dame      8 2 0
Utah State      8 3 0
Florida State      8 4 0
Cincinnati      7 4 0
West Virginia      7 4 0
Temple      6 2 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Colgate      6 4 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Georgia Tech      6 6 0
New Mexico State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
Syracuse      5 5 1
Dayton      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      4 7 0
Rutgers      4 7 0
Virginia Tech      4 7 0
Navy      3 8 0
Pittsburgh      3 8 0
Tulane      3 8 0
Xavier      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1971 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Tom Cahill, the Cadets compiled a 6–4 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 206 to 146.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 24 to 23 score.[2]

No Army players were selected as first-team players on the 1971 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 18 Stanford Michie StadiumWest Point, New York L 3–38  
September 25 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta W 16–13  
October 2 Missouri Michie Stadium • West Point, New York W 22–6  
October 9 at Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, Pennsylvania L 0–42  
October 16 at Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, Colorado (Rivalry) L 7–20  
October 23 Virginia Michie Stadium • West Point, New York W 14–9  
October 29 at Miami (FL) Miami Orange BowlMiami L 13–24  
November 6 Rutgers Michie Stadium • West Point, New York W 30–17  
November 13 Pittsburgh Michie Stadium • West Point, New York W 17–14  
November 27 vs. Navy JFK StadiumPhiladelphia (Army–Navy Game) W 24–23  
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. "1971 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.