1915 Navy Midshipmen football team

1915 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Jonas Ingram (1st season)
Captain	Arthur Miles
Home stadium	Worden Field

1915 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech			–					7	–	0	–	1
Ouachita Baptist			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dallas			–					6	–	1	–	0
Spring Hill			–					6	–	1	–	0
North Texas State Normal			–					5	–	1	–	1
Sam Houston Normal			–					5	–	1	–	1
West Virginia			–					5	–	1	–	1
Jonesboro Aggies			–					4	–	1	–	1
Johns Hopkins			–					6	–	2	–	0
VMI			–					6	–	2	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial			–					5	–	2	–	1
Delaware			–					6	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					6	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Normal College			–					4	–	2	–	0
Southwest Texas State			–					5	–	3	–	2
Davidson			–					4	–	3	–	1
Mississippi Normal			–					4	–	3	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal			–					4	–	3	–	0
Guilford			–					1	–	1	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Normal			–					3	–	3	–	1
Presbyterian			–					4	–	4	–	0
Henderson-Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
TCU			–					4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest			–					3	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					3	–	5	–	1
Western Kentucky State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	2
Louisville			–					1	–	5	–	1
Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1915 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jonas Ingram, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a combined score of 118 to 99.[1][2]

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Army won 14–0.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	Georgetown	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–9	[3]
October 9	Pittsburgh	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 12–47	[4]
October 16	Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7
October 23	VPI	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 20–0	[5][6]
October 30	North Carolina A&M	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 12–14	[7]
November 6	Bucknell	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 13–3
November 13	Colby	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 28–14
November 20	Ursinus	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 7–10
November 27	vs. Army	Polo Grounds New York, NY (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–14

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
2. "Navy Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "Navy is easily defeated by Georgetown eleven". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 3, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Pitt Machine Crushes Navy". The Pittsburg Press. October 10, 1915. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "The 20-0 Victory of Middies Vs. Polys". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 25, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
6. "Techs Lose To Middies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 24, 1915. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
7. "Missed goals beat the Middies, 14–12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.