1919 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1919 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEddie Ewen
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall     8 0 0
Florida Southern     5 0 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 0 0
Phillips     10 0 1
Navy     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
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 1
Childers Classical Institute     2 2 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][2]

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.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4NC StateW 49–0
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[edit]

  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.