1921 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1921 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
CaptainEmery Lawson
Home stadiumWorden Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee Docs     8 0 0
Southwest Texas State     7 0 0
Talladega     4 0 1
Navy     6 1 0
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 2
Erskine     6 2 0
Marshall     5 2 1
Delaware     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     3 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     4 3 0
Birmingham–Southern     4 4 1
Louisville     2 2 1
Marion     4 4 0
Spring Hill     4 4 0
West Tennessee State Normal     4 5 1
Mississippi Normal     3 4 0
Loyola (LA)     2 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     2 4 1
Abilene Christian     2 5 0
Bryson College     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 8 0
Texas Mines     1 4 0
Presbyterian     1 7 0

The 1921 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1921 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 147–13.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 26 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Navy won 7–0.[2][3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1NC StateW 40–0
October 8Western Reserve
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 53–0
October 15Princeton
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 13–0
October 29Bethany (WV)
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–0
November 5Bucknell
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
W 6–0[4]
November 12vs. Penn StateL 7–1325,000
November 26vs. ArmyW 7–0[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 190. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Navy Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Navy plows through sea of mud and defeats Army, 7-0, before notables". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 27, 1921. p. 1, part 2.
  4. ^ "Navy Barely Able To Turn in a Victory". The Baltimore Sun. November 7, 1921. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.