1924 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1924 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainEdmund Taylor
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
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1925 →
1924 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Quantico Marines   –   7 – 0 – 1
Tennessee Docs   –   9 – 1 – 0
Centenary   –   8 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 0
West Virginia Wesleyan   –   9 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   7 – 2 – 1
Wake Forest   –   7 – 2 – 0
George Washington   –   6 – 3 – 1
William & Mary   –   5 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   4 – 3 – 1
Texas Mines   –   3 – 2 – 1
Mississippi State Teachers   –   3 – 3 – 2
Birmingham–Southern   –   4 – 4 – 1
Spring Hill   –   4 – 4 – 1
Georgetown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duke   –   4 – 5 – 0
Western Kentucky State Normal   –   4 – 5 – 0
East Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1
Loyola (LA)   –   3 – 4 – 2
Louisville   –   3 – 5 – 1
Southwestern   –   3 – 6 – 0
Union (TN)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Richmond   –   2 – 6 – 1
Navy   –   2 – 6 – 0
Catholic University   –   1 – 5 – 2
Georgia Normal   –   1 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   1 – 7 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   1 – 7 – 0
Delaware State   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1924 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1924 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 2–6 record and outscored opponents by a combined score of 84 to 69.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 29 in Baltimore, Maryland; Army won 12–0. The Midshipmen defeated Vermont 53–0, but were outscored 69–31 in their other seven games.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4William & Mary
W 14–7
October 11Marquette
  • Farragut Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 3–21[3]
October 18at Princeton
L 14–17
October 25West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–10
November 1Penn State
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6
November 8Vermont
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 53–0[4]
November 15Bucknell
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6[5]
November 29vs. Army
L 0–12

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 190. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Navy Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Marquette Team Hands Navy Trouncing: Victors Open Up Near Close". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1924. p. II-4.
  4. ^ "Navy shows new power beating Vermont". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1924. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bucknell's Lone Touchdown Beats Navy". The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1924. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.


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