1890 Navy Midshipmen football team

1890 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference Independent
1890 record 5–1–1
Head coach no coach
Captain Charles Emrich

The 1890 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored its opponents 204 to 49.[1][2] The game featured the inaugural meeting in the Army–Navy Game, which ended in a 24–0 victory for Navy. After the victory, Navy cadets in Annapolis "fired twenty-four great guns, and then paraded the streets with horns."[3] Charles Emrich was the Navy team captain in 1890.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
?? ?? St. John's College Unknown • Annapolis, MD (Rivalry) W 45–0  
November 1 Georgetown Unknown • Annapolis, MD W 70–4  
November 8 Dickinson Unknown • Annapolis, MD W 32–6  
November 12 Columbia Athletic Club Unknown • Annapolis, MD T 6–6  
December 7 Gallaudet Unknown • Annapolis, MD W 24–0  
November 27 Lehigh Unknown • Annapolis, MD L 4–24  
November 29 at Army The PlainWest Point, NY (Army–Navy Game) W 24–0  

References

  1. 1 2 "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. "The Naval Cadets Victorious: West Point's Eleven Defeated by Annapolis by the Score of 24 to 0". The New York Tribune. November 30, 1890. p. 5.
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