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1924 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1924 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainEdmund Taylor
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Quantico Marines     7 0 1
Tennessee Docs     9 1 0
Centenary     8 1 0
West Virginia     8 1 0
West Virginia Wesleyan     9 2 0
Davidson     7 2 1
Wake Forest     7 2 0
George Washington     6 3 1
William & Mary     5 2 1
Delaware     4 3 1
Texas Mines     3 2 1
Mississippi State Teachers     3 3 2
Birmingham–Southern     4 4 1
Spring Hill     4 4 1
Georgetown     4 4 0
Marshall     4 4 0
Duke     4 5 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     4 5 0
East Tennessee State Normal     3 4 1
Loyola (LA)     3 4 2
Louisville     3 5 1
Southwestern     3 6 0
Union (TN)     3 6 0
Richmond     2 6 1
Navy     2 6 0
Catholic University     1 5 2
Georgia Normal     1 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     1 7 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     1 7 0
Delaware State     0 1 0

The 1924 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1924 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 2–6 record and outscored opponents by a combined score of 84 to 69.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 29 in Baltimore, Maryland; Army won 12–0. The Midshipmen defeated Vermont 53–0, but were outscored 69–31 in their other seven games.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4William & MaryW 14–7
October 11Marquette
  • Farragut Field
  • Annapolis, MD
L 3–21[3]
October 18at PrincetonL 14–17
October 25West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–10
November 1Penn State
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6
November 8Vermont
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 53–0[4]
November 15Bucknell
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–6[5]
November 29vs. ArmyL 0–12

References

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  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. ^ "Marquette Team Hands Navy Trouncing: Victors Open Up Near Close". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1924. p. II-4.
  4. ^ "Navy shows new power beating Vermont". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1924. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bucknell's Lone Touchdown Beats Navy". The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1924. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.