1892 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1892 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
CaptainMartin Trench
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 0
Biddle     1 0 0
Furman     1 0 0
Mercer     1 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia Military     4 0 1
Wake Forest     4 0 1
Johns Hopkins     7 1 0
North Carolina     5 1 0
Central (KY)     4 1 0
Sewanee     5 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Georgetown     4 2 1
Virginia     3 2 1
Vanderbilt     4 4 0
Alabama     2 2 0
Auburn     2 2 0
Georgia     1 1 0
Virginia A&M     1 1 0
Western Maryland     0 0 1
Richmond     2 3 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Kentucky A&M     2 4 1
Tennessee     2 5 0
Trinity (NC)     1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney     0 1 0
Livingstone     0 1 0
Maryville (TN)     0 1 0
South Carolina     0 1 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Maryland     0 3 0

The 1892 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1892 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Ben Crosby, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 121 to 62.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12PennL 0–16
October 15Princeton
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–28
October 22Lafayette
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 22–4
October 29Franklin & Marshall
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 24–0
November 5Rutgers
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 48–12
November 19Georgetown
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 40–0
November 26at ArmyW 12–43,000[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Victory for the Middies: They Outplay West Point Cadets at Football" (PDF). The New York Times. November 27, 1892.