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

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

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

    [6]

    1926 Army–Navy Game at Soldier Field in Chicago

    References

    1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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    6. ^ DeLassus, David. "Navy Yearly Results: 1925–1929". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.


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