American college football season
1957 Navy Midshipmen football Conference Independent Coaches No. 6 AP No. 5 1957 record 9–1–1 Head coach Captain Ned Oldham Home stadium Thompson Stadium Seasons
The 1957 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season . Led by eighth-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz ,[1] [2] the Midshipmen shut out #10 Army 14–0 to end the regular season at 8–1–1;[3] they were ranked fifth in the final polls , released in early December.[4]
In December, Navy won its third Lambert Trophy , an award for the season's best college football team in the East . The Middies had previously won the award in 1943 and 1954 . Navy and the small-college winner of the Lambert Cup, Lehigh , were lauded as proof that a university could field a competitive football team without compromising its academic standards.[5]
Favored by a point,[6] Navy won the Cotton Bowl 20–7 over eighth-ranked Rice on New Year's Day .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 21 at Boston College No. 12 W 46–628,000 [7]
September 28 William & Mary No. 5 W 33–6
October 5 at North Carolina No. 6 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC L 7–13
October 12 at California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA W 21–657,000
October 19 vs. Georgia No. 15 W 27–1430,000
October 26 at Penn No. 16 Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 35–726,495 [8]
November 2 at No. 5 Notre Dame No. 16 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry )W 20–658,922
November 9 vs. No. 16 Duke No. 7 Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD T 6–631,000
November 16 vs. George Washington No. 9 Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD W 52–010,000 [9]
November 30 1:15 p.n. vs. No. 10 Army No. 8 NBC W 14–0101,000
January 1, 1958 vs. No. 8 Rice No. 5 W 20–775,504 [10] [11]
HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel [ ]
1957 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
HB
49
Roland Brandquist
So
HB
48
Ronnie Brence
Sr
QB
18
Tom Forrestal
Sr
HB
34
Harry Hurst
Sr
HB
27
Ned Oldham (C)
Sr
E
89
John Ruth
Sr
G
61
Tony Stremic
Sr
FB
21
Al Swanson
Sr
QB
16
Joe Tranchini
So
FB
33
Ray Wellborn
Jr
C
56
John Witzmann
Sr
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
27
Ned Oldham
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Source: [12] [13]
References [ ]
^ "Football History" (PDF) . United States Naval Academy. p. 192. Retrieved July 12, 2015 .
^ "Navy Yearly Results (1955-1959)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
^ Hand, Jack (December 1, 1957). "Middies blank Army, 14-0, accept Cotton Bowl invitation" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
^ "Auburn voted national grid champs by AP" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 2B.
^ Trimble, Joe (December 9, 1957). "Big Navy, L'il Lehigh Win Lambert Awards" . Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sooners, Navy favored today" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1958. p. 10.
^ "Navy Romps Over Boston College, 46–6" . Chicago Tribune . September 22, 1957. p. 2–5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Danzig, Allison (October 27, 1957). "Navy Sinks Penn, 35-7; Forrestal Stars". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ "Navy rips G.W., 52–0" . The Baltimore Sun . November 17, 1957. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tom Forrestal leads Navy to 20-7 victory over Rice" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 18.
^ Ratliff, Harold (January 2, 1958). "Forrestal pilots Navy in 20-7 rout of Rice" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
^ "Cotton Bowl on TV" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . January 1, 1958. p. 52.
^ "2019 Football Media Guide" (PDF) . U.S. Naval Academy Athletics. 2019.
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