1917 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1917 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1917 college football season. In their first season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 442 to 23.[1][2]

1917 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record7–1
Head coachGil Dobie (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEarnest von Heimburg
Home stadiumWorden Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Middle Tennessee      7 0 0
Presbyterian      8 1 0
Navy      7 1 0
Spring Hill      4 2 0
West Virginia      6 3 1
Southwest Texas      5 3 0
Kentucky      3 5 1
Oglethorpe      1 2 0
Delaware      2 5 0
Wake Forest      1 6 1

The annual Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next due to World War I.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29DavidsonW 27-6
October 6West Virginia
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–7
October 13Maryland State
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD (rivalry)
W 62–0
October 20Carlisle
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 61–0
October 27Haverford
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 89-0
November 3Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 95–0
November 10Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–7
November 18Villanova
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 80–3

References

  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.


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