1887 Navy Midshipmen football team

1887 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference Independent
1887 record 3–1
Head coach no coach
Captain George Hayward
1887 college football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Yale         9 0 0
Michigan         5 0 0
California         4 0 0
Minnesota         2 0 0
Harvard         10 1 0
Princeton         7 2 0
Navy         3 1 0
Dartmouth         3 1 1
Virginia         0 0 1
Rutgers         3 6 0
Massachusetts         2 3 0
Indiana         0 1 0
Purdue         0 1 0
Cornell         0 2 0
Notre Dame         0 3 0

The 1887 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled a 3–1 record and outscored its opponents 41 to 22.[1] The Midshipmen shut out their first three opponents, including an 8–0 victory in the seventh installment of the Navy–Johns Hopkins football rivalry.[2] The Johns Hopkins game was played at the Academy grounds in Annapolis, Maryland, and was described by The Sun (New York) as "a veritable slugging match" and "one of the roughest games of football" ever seen there.[3] In the final game of the 1887 season, the Midshipmen lost to the Princeton Tigers "B" team in the final game of the season. The team captain was George Hayward.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
November ?? St. John's College Unknown • Annapolis, MD (Rivalry) W 4–0  
November ?? St. John's College Unknown • Annapolis, MD W 24–0  
November 24 Johns Hopkins Unknown • Annapolis, MD (Rivalry) W 8–0  
November ?? Princeton reserve team Unknown • Annapolis, MD L 22–5  

References

  1. 1 2 "Navy Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. "Football at Annapolis". The Sun (New York). November 25, 1887.
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