1920 Navy Midshipmen football team

1920 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainEddie Ewen
Home stadiumWorden Field
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Talladega   –   ? – 0 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   4 – 0 – 1
Abilene Christian   –   4 – 0 – 1
North Texas State Normal   –   7 – 1 – 0
Presbyterian   –   5 – 1 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   4 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   6 – 2 – 0
Spring Hill   –   6 – 2 – 0
Birmingham–Southern   –   6 – 3 – 0
Mississippi Normal   –   4 – 2 – 1
Southwest Texas State   –   4 – 2 – 1
East Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   4 – 4 – 1
Delaware   –   3 – 5 – 1
Stetson   –   2 – 4 – 0
Texas Mines   –   2 – 4 – 0
Marion   –   2 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest   –   2 – 7 – 0
Sam Houston Normal   –   1 – 4 – 2
Western Kentucky State Normal   –   0 – 1 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   0 – 5 – 0
Marshall   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1920 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–2 record, shut out three opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 164 to 43.[1]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Navy won 7–0.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2NC State
L 7–14[2]
October 9Lafayette
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 12–7
October 16Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 7–2
October 23at Princeton
L 0–14
November 3Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 95–0
November 6Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–6
November 13South Carolina
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 63–0[3]
November 27vs. Army
W 7–0

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy defeated by Tar Heel eleven". New York Herald. October 3, 1920. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "South Carolina snowed under by the Middies". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1920. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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