1922 Navy Midshipmen football team

1922 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
CaptainVincent Conroy
Home stadiumWorden Field
1922 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Virginia   –   10 – 0 – 1
Tennessee Docs   –   7 – 0 – 1
Western Kentucky State Normal   –   9 – 1 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   7 – 2 – 1
VMI   –   7 – 2 – 0
Richmond   –   6 – 2 – 1
West Tennessee State Normal   –   5 – 2 – 3
  –   5 – 2 – 0
Delaware   –   6 – 3 – 0
Stetson   –   4 – 2 – 0
William & Mary   –   6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Marion   –   5 – 4 – 1
East Tennessee   –   5 – 4 – 0
Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Roanoke   –   5 – 4 – 0
Texas Mines   –   5 – 4 – 0
Loyola (LA)   –   4 – 3 – 1
Spring Hill   –   4 – 4 – 0
Sam Houston Normal   –   3 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest   –   3 – 5 – 2
Davidson   –   2 – 6 – 2
Catholic University   –   2 – 6 – 0
George Washington   –   2 – 6 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   2 – 6 – 0
Mississippi Normal   –   2 – 6 – 0
Louisville   –   2 – 7 – 0
Birmingham–Southern   –   1 – 6 – 1
Erskine   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1922 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1922 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–2 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 185 to 37.[1]

Captain Vincent Conroy

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 25 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia; Army won 17–14.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Western ReserveW 71–0
October 14Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 14–7[2]
October 21Georgia Tech
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 13–020,000[3][4]
October 28at PennL 7–13
November 3vs. Penn StateW 14–030,000
November 11St. Xavier
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 52–0[5]
November 25vs. Army
L 14–17

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. ^ "Middies Overcome Lead by Bucknell". The New York Times. October 15, 1922. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia Tech Is Beaten By Middies, 13-0, Before 20,000". The Washington Times. October 22, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved June 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Navy trims Golden Tornadoes". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Navy eleven submerges St. Xavier, 52 to 0". New York Herald. November 12, 1922. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.