1936 Navy Midshipmen football team

1936 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	6–3
Head coach	Tom Hamilton (3rd season)
Captain	Rivers Morrell
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

1936 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
George Washington			–					7	–	1	–	1
Hardin–Simmons			–					9	–	2	–	0
Georgetown			–					6	–	2	–	1
Roanoke			–					6	–	2	–	1
Western Maryland			–					7	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Navy			–					6	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	4	–	0
East Carolina			–					3	–	2	–	0
Jacksonville State			–					2	–	2	–	1
Catholic University			–					4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					4	–	4	–	0
William & Mary Norfolk			–					4	–	4	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					4	–	5	–	0
Texas Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Troy State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	6	–	0
South Georgia Teachers			–					2	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1936 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tom Hamilton, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 115 to 74. They finished the season ranked 18th in the first year of the AP Poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 18–6
October 3	Davidson	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 19–6
October 10	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 35–14
October 17	Yale	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–12
October 24	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–7
October 31	at No. 20 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–16
November 7	No. 13 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 3–0	51,126
November 14	Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	W 20–13
November 28	vs. Army	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 7–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game