1951 Navy Midshipmen football team

1951 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–1
Head coach	Eddie Erdelatz (2nd season)
Captain	Frank Hauff
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
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1951 Southern college football independents records

v t e	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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 7–7	55,000	[2]
October 6	Princeton	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 20–24	21,000	[3]
October 13	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–21	58,000	[4]
October 20	at No. 18 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–16	40,000
October 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	61,000	[5]
November 3	vs. No. 13 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–19	44,237
November 10	vs. Maryland	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 21–40	38,000	[6]
November 17	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 21–7	25,300	[7]
December 1	vs. Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 42–7
Homecoming 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. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Drake passing lifts Owls over Navy, 21–14". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025– 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.