1910 Navy Midshipmen football team

Summary

The 1910 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1910 college football season. The team compiled an undefeated 8–0–1 record and were not scored upon, having defeated all nine opponents by a combined score of 99 to 0.[1][2]

1910 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Head coach
CaptainT. Starr King
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central University     9 0 0
Louisiana Industrial     7 0 0
Navy     8 0 1
North Carolina A&M     4 0 2
Spring Hill     3 0 1
Texas A&M     8 1 0
Arkansas     7 1 0
Florida     6 1 0
Baylor     6 1 1
Georgetown     6 1 1
Marshall     5 1 1
Kentucky State     7 2 0
Texas     6 2 0
Virginia     6 2 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     6 2 1
Chattanooga     5 2 1
Kendall     2 1 1
Maryland     4 3 1
Oklahoma     4 2 1
Washington and Lee     4 3 0
South Carolina     4 4 0
VMI     3 3 1
Davidson     3 4 2
Oklahoma A&M     3 4 0
West Virginia     2 4 1
Catholic University     2 4 0
North Carolina     3 6 0
George Washington     2 2 2
Wake Forest     2 7 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Mississippi College     0 4 0
Southwest Texas State     0 4 0
Tulane     0 7 0

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 26, 1910, at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. After initially missing seven attempts at field goal, Navy won by a 3 to 0 score on a kick by Jack Dalton.[3]

Two players from the 1910 Navy team received first-team honors on the 1910 College Football All-America Team. Guard John Brown received first-team honors from The New York Sun, New York Herald, and Pittsburgh Leader. Jack Dalton received first-team honors from The New York Times. Brown and Dalton were both later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The 1910 season was Navy's third with Lt. Frank D. Berrien as head coach. Despite the undefeated season, the Navy announced on December 2 that Berrien would be assigned to duties outside the Naval Academy and would not return as the head football coach for 1911.[4]

At the end of the 1910 season, Jack Dalton, the halfback who scored Navy's only points against Army, was selected to serve as captain of the 1911 team.[5]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1St. John's (MD)W 16–0
October 8Rutgers
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
T 0–0[6]
October 15Washington & Jefferson
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 15–0
October 22VPI
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 3–0[7][8]
October 29Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 17–0
November 5Lehigh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 30–0[9]
November 12Carlisle
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 6–0
November 19NYU
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 9–0[10]
November 26vs. ArmyW 3–0

References edit

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dalton's Kick Wins for Navy". The New York Times. November 27, 1910. p. 21.
  4. ^ "Navy to Have New Football Coach". The New York Times. December 3, 1910. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Dalton Is Navy's Captain". The New York Times. December 3, 1910. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Navy nearly beaten". The Baltimore Sun. October 9, 1910. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Navy Defeats V.P.I. By Score Of 3 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 23, 1910. p. 32. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Played a Plucky Game". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 24, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Navy Makes Big Score: Middies Roll Up Thirty Points On Lehigh's Eleven". The Baltimore Sun. November 6, 1910. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Navy is surprised". The Baltimore Sun. November 20, 1910. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.