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1917 Navy Midshipmen football team

Summary

The 1917 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1917 college football season. In their first season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 442 to 23.[1][2]

1917 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEarnest von Heimburg
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   7 – 0 – 0
Presbyterian   –   8 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Texas State Normal   –   6 – 1 – 0
Spring Hill   –   4 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 3 – 1
Southwest Texas State   –   5 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines   –   0 – 0 – 1
Kentucky   –   3 – 5 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 6 – 1
Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Tennessee (SATC)   –   0 – 3 – 0

The annual Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next due to World War I.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Davidson
W 27-6
October 6West Virginia
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–7
October 13Maryland State
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD (rivalry)
W 62–0
October 20Carlisle
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 61–0[3]
October 27Haverford
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 89-0
November 3Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 95–0
November 10Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–7
November 18Villanova
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 80–3

References edit

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Navy Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Middies Have Merry Time With Carlisle Indians". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1917. p. 22. Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .