1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

1985 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7
Head coach	Gary Tranquill (4th season)
Captains	Eric Fudge Napoleon McCallum
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1984 1986  →

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	North Carolina	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 19–21	26,394	[2]
September 14	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 13–16	23,110	[3]
September 21	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 35–38	35,610	[4]
September 28	at No. 20 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 17–13	44,000	[5]
October 12	No. 13 Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)		L 7–24	35,663	[6]
October 19	Lafayette	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 56–14	28,402	[7]
October 26	Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 21–7	29,343	[8]
November 2	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–41	59,075	[9]
November 9	Syracuse	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 20–24	25,049	[10]
November 16	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 31–34	69,542	[11]
December 7	vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 17–7	71,640	[12]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

vs Army

See also: Army–Navy Game

Army Cadets (8–2) vs. Navy Midshipmen (3–7)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	7	0	0	10	17
Army	7	0	0	0	7

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: December 7, 1985
• Game time: 2:30 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 71,640
• TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian
• ^[13]

Game information

First quarter NAVY – Troy Saunders 13-yard pass from Bob Misch (Todd Solomon kick), 6:54. Navy 7–0. Drive: 16 plays, 73 yards. ARMY – Clarence Jones 10-yard run (kick good). Tie 7–7. Second quarter No scoring Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter NAVY – Chuck Smith 5-yard run (Todd Solomon kick), 8:26. Navy 14–7. NAVY – Todd Solomon 26-yard field goal, 1:15. Navy 17–7. Top rushers NAVY – Napoleon McCallum – 41 rushes, 217 yards

With Vice President and former Navy pilot George Bush in attendance, Napoleon McCallum rushed for 217 yards, the second-most rushing yards by a Navy player against Army, and broke the NCAA single-season all-purpose yardage record of Pitt's Tony Dorsett. ^[14]

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External videos
1985 Army vs. Navy – Television broadcast

Roster

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB John Berner OL Frank Bijak QB Bill Byrne Jr OL Chris Castelli OL Pat Hoffman WR Anthony Hollinger TE Kenneth Kmiec WR John Lobb RB Napoleon McCallum  (C) RSr RB John McKenna OL Mark Miller QB Bob Misch WR Mike Ray WR Troy Saunders TE Gregory Schildmeyer RB Chuck Smith RB Mike Smith TE John Sniffen OL Vic Tuttle	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Steve Brady DB John Carroll LB Tom Doman LB Jim Dwyer DB Marc Firlie DL Eric Fudge (C) Sr DL Dirk MacFarlane LB Vince McBeth DB Tom Metzger DB Mike Milo DL Mike Musser DL Dave Pimpo DL Bob Plantz DL Kent Van Horn DL Chad Van Hulzen	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Andy Mueck P Scott Quinlan K Todd Solomon	Head coach Gary Tranquill Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards

• Napoleon McCallum – Heisman Trophy voting (7th)

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 195. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
2. "Failed conversion dooms Navy, 21–19". The Baltimore Sun. September 8, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Navy baffles by Delaware's Wing-T, 16–13". The Baltimore Sun. September 15, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hoosiers sink Navy with late TD". Anderson Herald. September 22, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Midshipmen sink No. 20 UVa, 17–13". Wichita Falls Times. September 29, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "13th-ranked Air Force sinks Navy". Wichita Falls Times. October 13, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. Meixell, Ted (October 20, 1985). "Navy Dominates Lafayette". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "McCallum leads Navy past Pitt". Courier-Post. October 27, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Andrysiak answers call, leads Irish rout of Navy". The Courier-Journal. November 3, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Orange talking bowl after sinking Navy". Star-Gazette. November 10, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Gamecocks hold on to sink Navy". The Sun-News. November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "McCallum carries Navy to upset". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 8, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "In a Farewell Appearance, McCallum Stuns Army." Washington Post. 1985 Dec 08. Retrieved 2019-Jan-28.
14. "It's bon voyage for Navy's McCallum." Milwaukee Journal. 1985 Dec 8.
15. "NAVY STUNS ARMY IN 17-7 UPSET". The New York Times . December 8, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.