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1896 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJoe Powell
Home stadium Worden Field
Seasons
←  1895
1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 1
Texas A&M     2 0 1
Oklahoma     2 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia     7 2 2
VPI     5 2 1
Navy     5 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
Clemson     2 1 0
Columbian     2 1 0
Georgia Tech     2 2 1
Add-Ran     1 1 1
Centenary     1 1 0
VMI     3 4 0
North Carolina     3 4 1
Furman     2 3 0
Ole Miss     1 2 0
West Virginia     3 7 2
South Carolina     1 3 0
Erskine     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 2 0
Davidson     0 1 0
Delaware     0 6 0

The 1896 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1896 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Johnny Poe, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 180 to 53. [1] [2] The Army–Navy Game was canceled due to Presidential cabinet order.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 7 PennL 0–8
October 10 Franklin & Marshall
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 49–0
October 17 St. John's (MD)
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 68–0
October 24Penn reserve team
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6
October 31 Rutgers
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 40–6
November 7 Lehigh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 24–10
November 23White Squadron
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 11–5
November 26 Lafayette
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 6–18

References

  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 (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.