1938 Navy Midshipmen football team

1938 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
CaptainLucien Powell
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
1938 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hardin–Simmons   –   8 – 2 – 0
Roanoke   –   5 – 2 – 3
Western Maryland   –   5 – 2 – 1
Catholic University   –   5 – 3 – 0
George Washington   –   5 – 4 – 0
  –   4 – 3 – 2
Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
West Virginia   –   4 – 5 – 1
Loyola (LA)   –   4 – 5 – 0
South Georgia Teachers   –   3 – 5 – 1
William & Mary Norfolk   –   3 – 5 – 1
Delaware   –   3 – 5 – 0
Delaware State   –   1 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   2 – 8 – 0
East Carolina   –   1 – 6 – 1

The 1938 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Hank Hardwick, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 126 to 60.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24William & Mary
W 26–016,000[2]
October 1VMI
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 26–020,000[3]
October 8Virginia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 33–022,251[4]
October 15at Yale
L 7–9
October 22Princeton
T 13–13
October 29at Penn
T 0–0
November 5No. 4 Notre Dame
L 0–1558,271
November 12at Columbia
W 14–933,000[5]
November 26vs. Army
L 7–14
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Tars shift style to upset Indians". The Roanoke Times. September 25, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "20,000 see 26–0 defeat". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Navy humbles Virginia, 33–0". The Roanoke Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 13, 1938). "Two Long Drives by Navy Overcome Columbia, 14-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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