1939 Navy Midshipmen football team

1939 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Swede Larson (1st season)
Captain	Allen Bergner
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

1939 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					7	–	0	–	1
Catholic University			–					8	–	1	–	1
Hardin–Simmons			–					7	–	1	–	1
George Washington			–					5	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Teachers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					4	–	4	–	2
Roanoke			–					4	–	4	–	0
Delaware State			–					2	–	2	–	0
William & Mary Norfolk			–					4	–	5	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					3	–	4	–	1
Navy			–					3	–	5	–	1
West Virginia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Western Maryland			–					1	–	6	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	7	–	0
East Carolina			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1939 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Swede Larson, the Midshipmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 107 to 88.

Navy was ranked at No. 56 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 31–6	20,000
October 7	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 14–12
October 14	Dartmouth	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 0–0
October 21	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	L 7–14	78,257
October 28	Clemson	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–15	18,000
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–13
November 11	Columbia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 13–19	17,300
November 25	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–28	35,000
December 2	vs. Army	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 10–0	102,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game