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1917 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1917 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEarnest von Heimburg
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal     7 0 0
Presbyterian     8 1 0
Navy     7 1 0
North Texas State Normal     6 1 0
Spring Hill     4 2 0
West Virginia     6 3 1
Southwest Texas State     5 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
Texas Mines     0 0 1
Kentucky     3 5 1
Oglethorpe     1 2 0
Sam Houston Normal     1 3 0
Wake Forest     1 6 1
Marshall     1 7 1
Tennessee (SATC)     0 3 0

The 1917 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1917 college football season. In their first season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 442 to 23.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next due to World War I.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29DavidsonW 27-6
October 6West Virginia
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–7[3]
October 13Maryland State
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD (rivalry)
W 62–0
October 20Carlisle
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 61–0[4]
October 27Haverford
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 89-0
November 3Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 95–0
November 10Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–7
November 18Villanova
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 80–3

References

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  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Navy Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Here's a surprise; West Virginia University trims the Navy eleven". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 7, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Middies Have Merry Time With Carlisle Indians". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1917. p. 22. Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.