1981 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1981 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by ninth-year head coach George Welsh.[1][2]

1981 Navy Midshipmen football
Liberty Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Ohio State
ConferenceIndependent
1981 record7–4–1
Head coachGeorge Welsh (9th season)
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Penn State        10 2 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
No. 8 Miami        9 2 0
Southern Miss        9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia        9 3 0
Colgate        7 3 0
Virginia Tech        7 4 0
Navy        7 4 1
Cincinnati        6 5 0
Florida State        6 5 0
Holy Cross        6 5 0
Tulane        6 5 0
UNLV        6 6 0
South Carolina        6 6 0
Temple        5 5 0
Boston College        5 6 0
East Carolina        5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana        5 6 0
Louisville        5 6 0
Notre Dame        5 6 0
Rutgers        5 6 0
William & Mary        5 6 0
Syracuse        4 6 1
Richmond        4 7 0
Army        3 7 1
North Texas State        2 9 0
Georgia Tech        1 10 0
Memphis State        1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 12The CitadelW 17–718,135
September 19Eastern Kentucky
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 24–0
September 26at MichiganL 16–21105,213
October 3at YaleL 19–23
October 10Air Force
W 30–13
October 17at Boston CollegeW 25–10
October 24William & Mary
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 27–0
October 31at Notre DameL 0–3859,075
November 7Syracuse
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 35–23
November 14at Georgia Tech
W 20–14
December 1vs. ArmyT 3–3
December 30vs. Ohio StateL 28–3143,216
  • Homecoming

Personnel

1981 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 74 Keith Boring Sr
T 71 Doug Borrebach So
TE 83 Mark Fitzgerald Sr
G 63 Jeff Johnson Sr
QB 16 Jeff Korn Jr
C 51 Dennis McCall Jr
RB 30 Napoleon McCallum Fr
RB 40 Eddie Meyers (C) Sr
WR 89 Troy Mitchell Sr
QB 15 Marco Pagnanelli So
TE 82 Greg Papajohn Sr
RB 38 Andy Skehan Jr
RB 49 Tim Jackson Sr
G 59 Mark Woodhouse Jr
WR 88 Chris Yelder Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 41 John Foley Sr
LB 57 Todd Hastings So
DT 56 Tim Jordan (C) Sr
LB 50 Ken Olson Sr
DT 73 Steve Peters So
DB 47 Eliott Reagans Sr
DE 84 Mike Rouser Sr
DB 14 Jeff Shoemake Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 24 Steve Fehr Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Navy 0 3 0 0 3
Army 0 0 3 0 3
  • NAVY: Steve Fehr 35 FG
  • ARMY: Dave Aucoin FG, 4:37

References

  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 194. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.


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