American college football season
The 1981 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Ed Cavanaugh, the Cadets compiled a 3–7–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 212 to 126.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets played the Midshipmen to a 3–3 tie.[2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 12 | | at Missouri | | | L 10–24 | 60,033 | |
September 19 | | VMI | | | L 7–14 | 29,970 | [3] |
September 26 | | Brown | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 23–17 | 31,859 | [4] |
October 3 | | at Harvard | | | W 27–10 | 16,000 | [5] |
October 10 | | Rutgers | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 0–17 | | |
October 17 | | Princeton | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 34–0 | 39,515 | [6] |
October 24 | | Boston College | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 6–41 | 39,357 | [7] |
October 31 | | at Air Force | | | L 3–7 | 31,535 | [8] |
November 7 | | Holy Cross | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 13–28 | 33,642 | [9] |
November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Pittsburgh | | | L 0–48 | 53,225 | |
December 5 | 3:50 p.m. | vs. Navy | | ABC | T 3–3 | 60,470 | [10][11][12] |
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1981 Army Black Knights football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | RB | | Gerald Walker | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | | Dave Aucoin | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
- ^ "Army Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "1981 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ "VMI ambushes Army, 14–7". The Herald Statesman. September 20, 1981. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (September 27, 1981). "Army Too Much, Holds Off Brown Surge". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 4, 1981). "Army Belts Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army Shuts Out Princeton, 34-0". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. October 11, 1981. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Boston College 41, Army 6". Sunday News Journal (Wilmington, DE). October 25, 1981. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Air Force 7, Army 3". The Tampa Tribune. November 1, 1981. p. 5D. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shaughnessy, Dan (November 8, 1981). "HC Rally Clinches Winning Season". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Verner, Bill (December 5, 1981). "Army: Our day will come again". The Journal News. White Plains, New York. p. C1. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ Verner, Bill (December 5, 1981). "Army-Navy (continued)". The Journal News. White Plains, New York. p. C5. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "Army Rises To Occasion Against Navy". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. Associated Press. December 6, 1981. p. 22. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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