1991 Navy Midshipmen football team

1991 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–10
Head coach	George Chaump (2nd season)
MVP	Byron 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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7		Ball State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 10–33
September 14		at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 10–17	42,400	[2]
September 21		William & Mary	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 21–26	23,697
September 28		Bowling Green	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 19–22
October 12		Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)		L 6–46	35,640
October 19		at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		L 14–21
October 26		Delaware	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 25–29
November 2	4:00 p.m.	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 0–38	59,075
November 9		at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 7–34	23,322	[3]
November 23	1:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 24–52	22,276	[4]
December 7		vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)		W 24–3
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Army

See also: 1991 Army Cadets football team and Army–Navy Game

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

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	0	14	0	10	24
Army	3	0	0	0	3

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: December 7, 1991
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 67,858
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Jack Arute
• New York Times. 1991 Dec 08.

Game information

First quarter ARMY – Patmon Malcolm 39-yard field goal. Army 3–0. Drive: 43 yards. Second quarter NAVY – Jason Van Matre 3-yard run (kick good). Navy 7–3. Drive: 76 yards. NAVY – Billy James 5-yard run (kick good). Navy 14–3. Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards. Fourth quarter NAVY – Kevin Hickman 12-yard pass from Jason Van Matre (kick good). Navy 21–3. Drive: NAVY – Tim Rogers 31-yard field goal. Navy 24–3. Drive: Top passers NAVY – Jim Kubiak – 13/16, 157 yards ARMY Top rushers NAVY – Jason Van Matre – 25 rushes, 89 yards, TD ARMY Top receivers NAVY ARMY

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

Personnel

1991 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 David Anderson Sr OL Bill Bensch G 79 Michael Davis Sr QB Brian Ellis TE Tony Gilless TE Kevin Hickman RB Duke Ingraham RB Billy James QB 15 Jim Kubiak Fr OT 59 Max Lane So WR 9 B.J. Mason (C) Sr QB 5 Jason Van Matre So C 67 Steve Palmer Sr WR Tom Pritchard WR Jimmy Screen RB Vinnie Smith FB 46 Brad Stramanak So OT 58 Blair Sokol So QB Joe Spencer QB, RB Jason Van Matre G 65 Carl Voss Sr RB Jeff Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 71 Chris Alexander Sr DB 25 Chad Chatlos Jr DB 22 Chris Cordero Sr LB 40 Mark Ellis Jr DB Grover Favors DT 76 Robert Goodson Jr DB Chris Hart LB Steve Himelspach LB Clayton Kendrick-Holmes DT 90 Bob Kuberski Jr DB Mark McGinnis LB 55 Byron Ogden (C) Sr DL Dan Pidgeon DB Rodney Purifoy LB 62 David Shaw So DL Ches Snider DT 99 Steve Sterlitz DB 2 Bill Yancey Sr LB Javier Zuluga	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Tim Rogers KR Cleavon Smith	Head coach George Chaump Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured 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.