1986 Army Cadets football team

The 1986 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 292 to 276.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 27–7.[2]

1986 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
1986 record6–5
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorBob Sutton (4th season)
CaptainJim Brock, Rob Dickerson
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Penn State      12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
No. 20 Virginia Tech      9 2 1
No. 19 Boston College      9 3 0
Tulsa      7 4 0
Florida State      7 4 1
Army      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Temple      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      5 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Cincinnati      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Syracuse      5 6 0
South Carolina      3 6 2
Tulane      4 7 0
West Virginia      4 7 0
Louisville      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Wichita State      3 8 0
East Carolina      2 9 0
Northern Illinois      2 9 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13SyracuseW 33–2838,822
September 20at NorthwesternL 18–25
September 27Wake Forest
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 14–4940,853
October 4at YaleW 41–2425,075[3]
October 11at TennesseeW 25–2191,343
October 18Holy Cross
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 14–1740,884[4]
October 25vs. RutgersL 7–35
November 1Boston College
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 20–2740,315
November 8Air Force
W 21–11
November 15Lafayette
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 56–4840,088[5]
December 6vs. NavyW 27–7

Personnel

1986 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 86 Mark Charette
QB 9 Tory Crawford Jr
OL 77 Rob Dickerson
QB Alan Edwards
OL 68 Ken Goodlow
RB 40 Clarence Jones Sr
C 51 Joe Manausa
OL 71 John Oleinik
FB 47 Andy Peterson
QB Mike Ryan
RB Paolo Smith
WR 6 Ben White
WR Benny Wright
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 94 Jim Brock
DL 69 Dan Cooney
S 25 Bill Horton
DL 82 Mike Lover
  76 Thomas Mathers
LB Dave Scheyer
LB Chuck Schretzman
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 4 Keith Walker
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt


    Game summaries

    Tennessee

    Army Cadets at Tennessee Volunteers
    1 2 34Total
    Army 0 7 01825
    Tennessee 0 14 7021

    at Neyland StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee

    • Date: October 11
    • Game attendance: 91,343
    • [6]
    Game information
    Army Cadets vs. Navy Midshipmen
    1 2 34Total
    Army 3 3 71427
    Navy 0 0 707

    at Veterans StadiumPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

    Game information

    The entire game was played without a single penalty being committed by either team.

    References

    1. "Army Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
    2. "1986 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
    3. Hunt, Kevin (October 5, 1986). "Army's Running Game Grounds Yale, 41-24". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 via Newspapers.com.
    4. O'Sullivan, Sean (October 19, 1986). "Holy Cross Crashes Army's Homecoming". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 67 via Newspapers.com.
    5. Groller, Keith (November 16, 1986). "Army Outlasts Lafayette 56-48". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 via Newspapers.com.
    6. Gainesville Sun. 12 Oct 1986. Retrieved 2019-Feb-13.
    7. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Dec 07. Retrieved 2019-Jan-27.
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