The 1893 Army Cadets football team represented the

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in the

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. 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. In the annual

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, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 6 to 4 score. No Army Cadets were honored on the

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Schedule

Players

The following Cadets were members of the 1893 Army football team. * Thales Lucius Ames, Wisconsin - center *

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, 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 *

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, Massachusetts * Abraham Grant Lott, Kansas - left guard * Willard Herman McCornack, Illinois *

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, New York - left end * Paul Reisinger, Pennsylvania * Otho Bane 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

References

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Army Black Knights football seasons

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