1926 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1926 Navy Midshipmen football
National champion (Boand, Houlgate)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Wickhorst
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Loyola (LA)     10 0 0
Miami (FL)     8 0 0
Howard     7 0 0
Delaware State     1 0 0
No. 2 Navy     9 0 1
Wesley     6 1 0
Texas Tech     6 1 3
Davidson     7 2 1
Georgetown     7 2 1
William & Mary     7 3 0
Hampden–Sydney     5 2 3
George Washington     5 4 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 2 1
Spring Hill     3 2 1
Texas A&I     4 3 0
Wake Forest     5 4 1
Texas Mines     3 4 0
Mississippi State Teachers     3 4 1
Tennessee Docs     3 5 1
Catholic University     3 5 0
Delaware     3 5 0
East Tennessee State Teachers     2 4 1
Duke     3 6 0
Georgia Normal     1 3 0
Richmond     2 7 0
Harding     1 5 0
West Tennessee State Teachers     1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1926 college football season. The Midshipmen were coached by Bill Ingram in his first year and finished the season undefeated with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1). Although Alabama and Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Navy team was retroactively named as the national champion under Boand and Houlgate Systems.[1] The team was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2PurdueW 17–13
October 9Drake
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 24–7[3]
October 9Richmond
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 26–0
October 16at PrincetonW 27–13[4]
October 23Colgate
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 13–715,000[5]
October 30MichiganW 10–080,000
November 6West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 53–7
November 13Georgetown
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 10–7
November 20Loyola (MD)
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 35–13
November 27vs. ArmyT 21–21

[6]

1926 Army–Navy Game at Soldier Field in Chicago

References[edit]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams". The Morning Post. Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Navy Gridders Defeat Drake: Iowa Invaders Turned Back By Score of 24-To-7". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1926. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ W. O. McGeehan (October 17, 1926). "Navy Team Beats Princeton: Middies Make Strong Finish". The Baltimore Sun. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lloyd Runs Length Of Field To Bring Victory To Middies". The Baltimore Sun. October 24, 1926. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ DeLassus, David. "Navy Yearly Results: 1925–1929". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.