The 1911 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 Joseph Beacham, the Cadets compiled a record, shut out five of their eight opponents (including a scoreless tie with Georgetown), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 88 to 11 – an average of 11.0 points scored and 1.4 points allowed. The Cadets' only loss came against the

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. Tackle

Leland Devore Leland Swarts Devore (January 8, 1889 – January 15, 1939) was an American college football player and military officer. He played football as a tackle with Army and was a consensus selection on the 1911 College Football All-America Team. Biog ...

was a consensus first-team player on the

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team. Other notable players on the 1911 Army team include center

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, guard Archibald Arnold, and tackle Robert Littlejohn.

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