1991 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1991 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–10
Head coach
MVPByron Ogden
Captains
  • B. J. Mason
  • Byron Ogden
Home stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1990
1992  
1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 East Carolina   11 1 0
No. 4 Florida State   11 2 0
No. 3 Penn State   11 2 0
No. 21 Tulsa   10 2 0
Louisiana Tech   8 1 2
No. 13 Notre Dame   10 3 0
Akron   5 6 0
Memphis State   5 6 0
Army   4 7 0
Cincinnati   4 7 0
Southern Miss   4 7 0
South Carolina   3 6 2
Southwestern Louisiana   2 8 1
Louisville   2 9 0
Northern Illinois   2 9 0
Tulane   1 10 0
Navy   1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. It was the program's fewest wins in a season since the winless 1948 season. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Ball State L 10–33
September 14at Virginia L 10–1742,400 [2]
September 21 William & Mary
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 21–2623,697
September 28 Bowling Green
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 19–22
October 12 Air Force
L 6–4635,640
October 19at Temple L 14–21
October 26 Delaware Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 25–29
November 24:00 p.m.at Notre Dame NBC L 0–3859,075
November 9at Tulane L 7–3423,322 [3]
November 231:30 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 24–5222,276 [4]
December 7vs. Army
W 24–3

Game summaries

Army

Army Cadets (4–6) vs. Navy Midshipmen (0–10)
Quarter1234Total
Navy 01401024
Army 30003

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game information

The Midshipmen managed to steal all four Army mules in the week prior to the game.

Personnel

1991 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 81David AndersonSr
OL Bill Bensch
G 79Michael DavisSr
QB Brian Ellis
TE Tony Gilless
TE Kevin Hickman
RB Duke Ingraham
RB Billy James
QB 15Jim KubiakFr
OT 59 Max Lane So
WR 9B.J. Mason (C)Sr
QB 5Jason Van MatreSo
C 67Steve PalmerSr
WR Tom Pritchard
WR Jimmy Screen
RB Vinnie Smith
FB 46Brad StramanakSo
OT 58Blair SokolSo
QB Joe Spencer
QB, RB Jason Van Matre
G 65Carl VossSr
RB Jeff Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 71Chris AlexanderSr
DB 25Chad ChatlosJr
DB 22Chris CorderoSr
LB 40Mark EllisJr
DB Grover Favors
DT 76Robert GoodsonJr
DB Chris Hart
LB Steve Himelspach
LB Clayton Kendrick-Holmes
DT 90 Bob Kuberski Jr
DB Mark McGinnis
LB 55Byron Ogden (C)Sr
DL Dan Pidgeon
DB Rodney Purifoy
LB 62David ShawSo
DL Ches Snider
DT 99Steve Sterlitz
DB 2Bill YanceySr
LB Javier Zuluga
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Tim Rogers
KR Cleavon Smith
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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. "Navy loses only on scoreboard". The Baltimore Sun. September 15, 1991. Retrieved February 4, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Worst of the winless, Navy trounced, 34–7". The Baltimore Sun . November 10, 1991. Retrieved February 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Navy puts on air show, but gets grounded by Wake". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1991. Retrieved February 4, 2024 via Newspapers.com.