1919 Navy Midshipmen football team

1919 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEddie Ewen
Home stadiumWorden Field
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall   –   8 – 0 – 0
Southern College   –   5 – 0 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   4 – 0 – 0
Phillips   –   10 – 0 – 1
  –   7 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   8 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Normal   –   4 – 1 – 2
Presbyterian   –   4 – 3 – 2
North Texas State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 0
Birmingham–Southern   –   4 – 3 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   2 – 2 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Spring Hill   –   3 – 3 – 1
Stetson   –   4 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   3 – 5 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   2 – 4 – 2
Marion   –   3 – 6 – 0
Texas Mines   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   2 – 6 – 1
Wake Forest   –   2 – 6 – 0
Sam Houston Normal   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1919 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1919 college football season. In their third season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 298 to 18.[1]

After cancellation in 1917 and 1918 due to World War I, the annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 29 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Navy won 6–0.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4NC StateW 49–0[2]
October 11Johns Hopkins
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD (rivalry)
W 66–0
October 25Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–6
November 1West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 20–6
November 8Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6
November 15Colby
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 121–0
November 29vs. ArmyW 6–0
December 5USS Utah
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 15–0

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy eleven smothers N.C. State College". The Virginian-Pilot. October 5, 1919. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.