The 1922 Army Cadets football team represented the

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in the

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. In their eighth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a record, shut out seven of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 228 to 27, an average of 22.8 points scored and 2.7 points allowed. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen Two Army players were recognized as first-team players on the

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team: guard Fritz Breidster and center Edgar Garbisch. Garbisch was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Players

Army's first-string players started only six games, against the Springfield YMCA, Kansas, Auburn, Yale, Notre Dame, and Navy. The following individuals were starters in at least two of those six games.1923 "The Howitzer" (USMA yearbook), pp. 295-298 and 338-344. * Fritz Breidster - started 5 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard * Francis Dodd - started 3 games at right halfback *

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- started 1 game at right tackle, 1 game at left guard, 4 games at right guard * Edgar Garbisch - started 5 games at center * Sanford J. Goodman - started 2 games at left tackle, 4 games at right tackle * Charles W. Lawrence - started 1 game at right halfback, 1 game at left halfback * Dennis J. Mulligan - started 1 game at right tackle, 4 games at left tackle * Charles T. Myers - started 3 games at left end, 2 games at right end * George Winfered Smythe - started 6 games at quarterback * Patrick W. Timberlake - started 5 games at left halfback * Washington M. Ives - started 2 game at right halfback * Walter C. White - started 2 games at left end, 3 games at right end *

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- started 6 games at fullback

References

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