1915 Navy Midshipmen football team

1915 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainArthur Miles
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech   –   7 – 0 – 1
Ouachita Baptist   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dallas   –   6 – 1 – 0
Spring Hill   –   6 – 1 – 0
North Texas State Normal   –   5 – 1 – 1
West Virginia   –   5 – 1 – 1
Jonesboro Aggies   –   4 – 1 – 1
Johns Hopkins   –   6 – 2 – 0
VMI   –   6 – 2 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   5 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   6 – 3 – 0
Maryland   –   6 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Normal College   –   4 – 2 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   5 – 3 – 2
Davidson   –   4 – 3 – 1
Mississippi Normal   –   4 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   4 – 3 – 0
Guilford   –   1 – 1 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Presbyterian   –   4 – 4 – 0
Henderson-Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
TCU   –   4 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest   –   3 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 5 – 1
Western Kentucky State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 2
Louisville   –   1 – 5 – 1
Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1915 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jonas Ingram, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a combined score of 118 to 99.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Army won 14–0.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Georgetown
L 0–9[3]
October 9Pittsburgh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 12–47[4]
October 16Penn
T 7–7
October 23VPI
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 20–0[5][6]
October 30North Carolina A&M
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 12–14[7]
November 6Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 13–3
November 13Colby
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–14
November 20Ursinus
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–10
November 27vs. Army
L 0–14

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. ^ 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. ^ "Navy is easily defeated by Georgetown eleven". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 3, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pitt Machine Crushes Navy". The Pittsburg Press. October 10, 1915. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The 20-0 Victory of Middies Vs. Polys". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 25, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  6. ^ "Techs Lose To Middies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 24, 1915. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Missed goals beat the Middies, 14–12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.


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