1979 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1979 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
CaptainLarry Klawinski, Tom Paulk
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
UNLV   –   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Temple   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
Tulane   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee State   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 20 Penn State   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   6 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   –   7 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
North Texas State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
West Virginia   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Louisville   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
William & Mary   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Illinois State   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Army   –   –   2 – 8 – 1
Air Force   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Richmond   –   –   0 – 11 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1979 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 15The Citadel
W 26–7
September 22Connecticut
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–10
September 29at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• W 13–1253,825
    October 6Air Force
    		W 13–931,109
    October 13vs. William & Mary
    		W 24–7
    October 20VirginiaNo. 20
    • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
    • Annapolis, MD
    		W 17–1022,604
    October 27at No. 12 PittsburghNo. 17
    		L 7–2451,332
    November 31:30 p.m.at No. 13 Notre Dame
    		L 0–1459,075
    November 10Syracuse
    • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
    • Annapolis, MD
    		L 14–3020,385
    November 17at Georgia Tech
    		L 14–2424,318
    December 1vs. Army
    		W 31–777,052
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Game summaries

    Air Force

    Navy had 107 yards of penalties but prevailed 13–9.[3]

    Vs. Army

    See also: 1979 Army Cadets football team
    Army Cadets (2–7–1) vs. Navy Midshipmen (6–4)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Navy 10 7 7731
    Army 0 7 007

    at

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Game information
    • Navy evened all-time series at 37–37–6
    • Eddie Meyers set single game school rushing record
    External videos
    video icon Full game
    video icon Game highlights

    Personnel

    1979 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    OT 65 Jerome Barker Sr
    C 77 Rick Bott Sr
    RB 22 Steve Callahan Jr
    WR 86 Dave Dent Jr
    G 62 Tom Feldman Sr
    QB 19 Mark Fitzgerald So
    RB 25 Duane Flowers So
    TE Curt Gainer
    TE 83 Carl Hendershot Sr
    RB 33 Larry Klawinski Sr
    RB Chris Klein
    G 71 Frank McCallister Jr
    TE 85 Matt McLaughlin Jr
    FB 40 Eddie Meyers So
    WR Troy Mitchell
    TE Greg Papajohn So
    QB 18 Bob Powers Sr
    WR 31 Jon Ross So
    RB 23 Mike Sherlock Jr
    QB Mike Tarquinio
    OT 61 John Taylor Sr
    RB Kevin Tolbert
    OL Richard Welch
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DT 73 Steve Chambers Jr
    LB 69 Ted Dumbauld Jr
    DB 14 John Foley So
    DL Terry Huxel
    LB 63 Mike Kronzer Jr
    DL Mike Matthes
    DT 76 John Merrill Sr
    DB 66 Charlie Meyers Sr
    DB 49 Gregg Milo Sr
    DE 88 Hugh Nixon Sr
    LB 55 Tom Paulk Sr
    DB 26 Fred Reitzel Jr
    DE 84 Charlie Thornton Sr
    DL Reggie Trass
    DB 36 Chuck Zingler Sr
    DB Greg Zitterkopf
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 24 Steve Fehr So
    K 11 Dave Guin Jr
    P
    		 81 Lex Lauletta Jr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References

    1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 194. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
    2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
    3. ^ Sports Illustrated. 1979 October 15.
    4. ^ "Middies even series on Meyers' running." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Dec 02. Pg. 7E. Retrieved 2020-Dec-11.


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