American college football season
The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] [2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 7 North Carolina L 19–21
September 14 at Delaware L 13–1623,110
September 21 at Indiana L 35–38
September 28 at No. 20 Virginia W 17–1344,000
October 12 No. 13 Air Force L 7–2435,663
October 19 Lafayette Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD W 56–1428,402 [3]
October 26 2:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD W 21–729,343
November 2 3:30 p.m. at Notre Dame ABC L 17–4159,075
November 9 Syracuse Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD L 20–2425,049
November 16 at South Carolina L 31–3469,542
December 5 2:30 p.m. vs. Army CBS W 17–7
HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ ]
1985 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DL
Eric Fudge (C)
Sr
DL
Dirk MacFarlane
DL
Dave Pimpo
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
Todd Solomon
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
Army [ ]
Army Cadets vs. Navy Midshipmen
1
2
3 4 Total
Navy
7
0
0 10 17
Army
7
0
0 0 7
at Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date : December 7Game time : 2:30 p.m. EDTGame attendance : 71,640TV announcers (CBS) : Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian [4]
With Vice President and former Navy pilot George Bush in attendance, Napoleon McCallum rushed for 217 yards, the second-most rushing yards by a Navy player against Army, and broke the NCAA single-season all-purpose yardage record of Pitt's Tony Dorsett .[5]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
NAVY
ARMY
1
6:54
16
73
Navy
Troy Saunders 13-yard touchdown reception from Bob Misch, Todd Solomon kick good
7
0
1
Army
Clarence Jones 10-yard touchdown run, kick good
7
7
4
8:26
Navy
Chuck Smith 5-yard touchdown run, Todd Solomon kick good
14
7
4
1:15
Navy
26-yard field goal by Todd Solomon
17
7
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
17
7
Awards [ ]
References [ ]
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