1912 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1912 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainPete Rodes
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal     1 0 0
Texas     7 1 0
VMI     7 1 0
Maryland     6 1 1
Oklahoma A&M     6 2 0
Livingstone     3 1 1
Louisville     3 1 0
Mississippi Normal     2 1 0
South Carolina     5 2 1
Navy     6 3 0
West Virginia     6 3 0
Spring Hill     4 2 0
Oklahoma     5 4 0
Rice     3 2 0
Chattanooga     4 4 0
Southwest Texas State     3 3 2
Davidson     3 4 0
Marshall     3 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     3 4 0
Tennessee Docs     3 4 0
Arkansas     4 6 0
Baylor     3 5 0
Catholic University     3 5 0
Louisiana Industrial     1 2 1
West Tennessee State Normal     1 2 1
Wake Forest     2 6 0
Kendall     1 4 0
Delaware     1 6 1
Biddle     0 1 0

The 1912 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1912 college football season. In their second season under head coach Douglas Legate Howard, the team compiled a 6–3 record, shut out four opponents, and defeated its opponents by a combined score of 125 to 61.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 30 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia; Navy won 6–0.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Johns HopkinsW 7–3
October 12Lehigh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–14
October 19Swarthmore
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 6–21[3]
October 26Pittsburgh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 13–63,000[4]
November 1Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 7–0
November 9Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–17
November 16North Carolina A&M
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 40–0[5]
November 23NYU
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 39–0[6]
November 30vs. ArmyW 6–035,000[7]

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 (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Navy Eleven Falls Before Swarthmore". The Baltimore Sun. October 20, 1912. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pitt Defeated By Navy Eleven 13-6". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 3, no. 5. November 1, 1912. p. 6. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "A. & M. Swamped By Score Of 40 To 0". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. November 17, 1912. p. 13. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "New York varsity is easy for Navy". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brilliant Gathering Sees Navy Warriors Defeat West Point in Great Battle: 35,000 See Navy Kick Itself to Victory Over West Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, 1912. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.