1977 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1977 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
CaptainJoe Gattuso, Mike Galpin
Home stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    11 1 0
No. 5 Penn State    11 1 0
Colgate    10 1 0
North Texas State *    10 1 0
No. 16 San Diego State    10 1 0
Tennessee State    8 1 1
No. 14 Florida State    10 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh    9 2 1
East Carolina    8 3 0
Rutgers    8 3 0
Army    7 4 0
Louisville    7 4 1
Boston College    6 5 0
Cincinnati    5 4 2
Georgia Tech    6 5 0
Memphis State    6 5 0
Northwestern State    6 5 0
Syracuse    6 5 0
William & Mary    6 5 0
Southern Miss    6 5 0
Temple    5 5 1
Hawaii    5 6 0
Navy    5 6 0
West Virginia    5 6 0
South Carolina    5 7 0
Utah State    4 7 0
Villanova    4 7 0
Illinois State    3 7 1
Virginia Tech    3 7 1
Miami (FL)    3 8 0
Richmond    3 8 0
Tulane    3 8 0
Air Force    2 8 1
Holy Cross    2 8 0
Northeast Louisiana    2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach George Welsh. [2] [3]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10 The Citadel W 21–216,226 [4]
September 17 Connecticut
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 38–713,659 [5]
September 25at No. 1 Michigan L 7–14101,800 [6]
October 1at Duke L 16–2824,800 [7]
October 8 Air Force
W 10–7
October 15at No. 17 Pittsburgh L 17–34
October 22 William & Mary Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 42–17
October 292:30 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame L 10–4359,075
November 5 Syracuse
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 34–4516,709
November 12 Georgia Tech
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 20–1618,590 [8]
November 26vs. Army L 14–1781,091

Game summaries

Air Force Falcons at Navy Midshipmen
Period1234Total
Air Force07007
Navy070310

at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, Maryland

  • Date: October 8
  • Game weather: Rain
  • [9]
Game information

Personnel

1977 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 65Jerome BarkerSo
G 77Rick BottSo
RB Steve Callahan
TE Rich Cellon
QB Randy Farley
G 62Tom FieldmanSo
C Ray Fritsch
RB Joe Gattuso (C)Sr
TE 83Carl HendershotSo
WR Sandy Jones
FB 33Larry KlawinskiSo
G Steve Kremer
WR John Kurkowski
QB 15Bob LesczynskiJr
OT 69Jim Lippard
WR 80 Phil McConkey Jr
RB Leon Miller
OT 71Mark PostonSr
QB 18Bob PowersSo
OT 75Kevin RyanSr
RB 23Mike SherlockFr
OT 61John TaylorSo
RB Dave Walker
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 73Steve ChambersFr
LB Bob DeStefany
S Mike Galpin (C)Sr
LB 63Mike KronzerFr
DB 32Pat McCormickSr
DT 76John MerrillSo
DB 66Charlie MeyersSo
DL A.B. Miller
DB 49Gregg MiloSo
DE 88Hugh NixonSo
LB 55Tom PaulkSo
DL Pfunandre Redvict
DL Ed Reid
DB John Sturges
DE 84Charlie ThorntonSo
DL Tom Thompson
DB Bob Wilson
DB 36Chuck ZinglerSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 10Bob TataJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

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