1926 Navy Midshipmen football team

1926 Navy Midshipmen football
National champion (Boand, Houlgate)
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	Bill Ingram (1st season)
Captain	Frank Wickhorst
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

1926 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Loyola (LA)			–					10	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Howard			–					7	–	0	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	0	–	1
Wesley			–					6	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech			–					6	–	1	–	3
Davidson			–					7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					7	–	2	–	1
William & Mary			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hampden–Sydney			–					5	–	2	–	3
George Washington			–					5	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					4	–	2	–	1
Spring Hill			–					3	–	2	–	1
Texas A&I			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest			–					5	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines			–					3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Docs			–					3	–	5	–	1
Catholic University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State Teachers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Duke			–					3	–	6	–	0
Georgia Normal			–					1	–	3	–	0
Richmond			–					2	–	7	–	0
Harding			–					1	–	5	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1926 college football season. The Midshipmen were coached by Bill Ingram in his first year and finished the season undefeated with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1). Although Alabama and Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Navy team was retroactively named as the national champion under Boand and Houlgate Systems. The team was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Purdue	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 17–13
October 9	Drake	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–7
October 9	Richmond	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–13
October 23	Colgate	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 13–7	15,000
October 30	Michigan	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 10–0	80,000
November 6	West Virginia Wesleyan	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 53–7
November 13	Georgetown	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 10–7
November 20	Loyola (MD)	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 35–13
November 27	vs. Army	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (Army–Navy Game)	T 21–21

1926 Army–Navy Game at Soldier Field in Chicago