1888 Navy Midshipmen football team

1888 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGeorge Fermier
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown   –   4 – 2 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   2 – 1 – 0
Virginia   –   2 – 1 – 0
Wake Forest   –   2 – 1 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   6 – 5 – 0
Richmond   –   1 – 2 – 0
North Carolina   –   1 – 3 – 0
  –   1 – 4 – 0
Gallaudet   –     –  
Randolph–Macon   –     –  
St. John's (MD)   –     –  

The 1888 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1888 college football season. The team compiled a 1–4 record and were outscored by its opponents 73 to 35. In the eighth installment of the Johns Hopkins–Navy football rivalry, Navy lost by a 25 to 12 score.[1] In the final game of the 1888 season, the Midshipmen lost to St. John's College by a 22–6 score, with a brawl breaking out at the end of the game.[2][3] The team captain was George Hayward.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November ?St. John's (MD)Annapolis, MDL 4–6
November 3GallaudetAnnapolis, MDW 4–0
November 29Johns HopkinsAnnapolis, MD (rivalry)L 12–25
December 1PennAnnapolis, MDL 9–20
December 9St. John's (MD)Annapolis, MDL 6–22

References

  1. ^ "The Naval Cadets Downed Now". Erie County Independent. November 30, 1888. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Ended in a Fight: Naval Cadets and Collegians Kick Leather and Then Shins, part 1". The St. Paul Globe. December 9, 1888. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Ended in a Fight: Naval Cadets and Collegians Kick Leather and Then Shins, part 2". The St. Paul Globe. December 9, 1888. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2015.


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