1951 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Hauff
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Maryland State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Arkansas State   –   10 – 2 – 0
Stetson   –   8 – 1 – 2
Florida State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Texas Southern   –   7 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tampa   –   7 – 3 – 1
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 3 – 0
McNeese State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Louisville   –   5 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   6 – 5 – 0
Grambling   –   4 – 5 – 1
Navy   –   2 – 6 – 1
Delta State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Yale
T 7–755,000[3]
October 6Princetondagger
L 20–2421,000[4]
October 13at Rice
L 14–21
October 20at No. 18 Northwestern
L 7–1640,000
October 27at Penn
L 0–1461,000[5]
November 3vs. No. 13 Notre Dame
L 0–1944,237
November 10vs. Maryland
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD (rivalry)
L 21–4038,000[6]
November 17at Columbia
W 21–725,300[7]
December 1vs. Army
W 42–7
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Lee, Bill (September 30, 1951). "Yale Ties Navy, 7-7; Elis Score with Aerial in Thriller Before 55,000". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ward, Gene (October 10, 1951). "Tigers Turn Back Navy Rally to Triumph, 24-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 28, 1951). "Quakers Vanquish Middies on Two Last-Period Scores". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ "Unbeaten Maryland blasts Navy, 40–21". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 18, 1951). "Navy Beats Columbia, 21-7; No. 1 for Middies". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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