1913 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1913 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1913 college football season. In their third season under head coach Douglas Legate Howard, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record, shut out seven opponents, and defeated its opponents by a combined score of 304 to 29.[1][2]

1913 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainK. P. Gilchrist
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 0 0
Navy     7 1 1
VMI     7 1 2
Louisville     5 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     5 1 1
Arkansas     7 2 0
Oklahoma     6 2 0
Kendall     5 2 0
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 1
TCU     5 2 1
Furman     6 3 0
Maryland     6 3 0
Ole Miss     6 3 1
Presbyterian     5 3 0
Howard (AL)     5 3 1
Richmond     5 3 1
Chattanooga     4 3 0
Oklahoma A&M     4 3 0
South Carolina     4 3 0
Florida Southern     1 1 0
Polytechnic (TX)     2 2 4
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     4 4 0
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 0
West Virginia     3 4 2
Louisiana Industrial     3 4 1
Marshall     3 4 0
Delaware     2 4 2
Catholic University     1 4 1
Davidson     2 5 0
Mississippi Normal     1 5 1
West Tennessee State Normal     1 2 0
North Texas State Normal     0 1 0
Wake Forest     0 8 0

The team's sole loss came in the annual Army–Navy Game, played on November 29 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Army won 22–9.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4PittsburghT 0–0
October 11Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 23–0[3]
October 18Dickinson
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 29–0
October 25Maryland
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD (rivalry)
W 76–0[4]
November 1Lehigh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 39–0
November 8Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 70–7
November 15Penn State
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 10–0
November 22NYU
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 48–0
November 29vs. ArmyL 9–22

References

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  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 (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Georgetown eleven beaten by Navy, 23–0". The Washington Post. October 12, 1913. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Two Aggies Injured Trying To Stop Powerful Navy Football Machine: Middy Players Make More Than Point a Minute". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1913. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.