1915 Navy Midshipmen football team

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]

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2GeorgetownL 0–9[3]
October 9Pittsburgh
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 12–47[4]
October 16PennT 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. ArmyL 0–14

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 (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.