1920 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1920 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainEddie Ewen
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Talladega     ? 0 0
Trinity (NC)     4 0 1
Abilene Christian     4 0 1
North Texas State Normal     7 1 0
Presbyterian     5 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Navy     6 2 0
Spring Hill     6 2 0
Birmingham–Southern     6 3 0
Mississippi Normal     4 2 1
Southwest Texas State     4 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Oglethorpe     4 4 1
Delaware     3 5 1
Texas Mines     2 4 0
Marion     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 7 0
Sam Houston Normal     1 4 2
Western Kentucky State Normal     0 1 0
West Tennessee State Normal     0 5 0
Marshall     0 8 0

The 1920 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–2 record, shut out three opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 164 to 43.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Navy won 7–0.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2NC StateL 7–14
October 9Lafayette
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 12–7
October 16Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 7–2
October 23at PrincetonL 0–14
November 3Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 95–0
November 6Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–6
November 13South Carolina
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 63–0[3]
November 27vs. ArmyW 7–0

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 (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "South Carolina snowed under by the Middies". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1920. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.