1939 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1939 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainAllen Bergner
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown   –   7 – 0 – 1
Catholic University   –   8 – 1 – 1
Hardin–Simmons   –   7 – 1 – 1
Marshall   –   9 – 2 – 0
George Washington   –   5 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Teachers   –   5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   4 – 4 – 2
Delaware State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 5 – 1
West Virginia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Western Maryland   –   1 – 6 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 7 – 0
East Carolina   –   0 – 8 – 0
William & Mary Norfolk Division   –     –  

The 1939 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Swede Larson, the Midshipmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 107 to 88.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30William & Mary
W 31–6
October 7Virginia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 14–12
October 14Dartmouth
T 0–0
October 21vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
L 7–1478,257
October 28Clemson
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–15
November 4at Penn
L 6–13
November 11Columbia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 13–1917,300[3]
November 25at Princeton
L 0–2835,000[4]
December 2vs. Army
W 10–0
  • 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. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 12, 1939). "Columbia Passes Down Navy, 19-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Princeton Air Attack Crushes Middies, 28 to 0". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. November 26, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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