1958 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1958 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainDick Dagampat
Home stadium Thompson Stadium
Seasons
←  1957
1959  →
1958 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Army  – 8 –0 –1
No. 6 Air Force  – 9 –0 –2
No. 20 Rutgers  – 8 –1 –0
No. 9 Syracuse  – 8 –2 –0
No. 19 Oklahoma State  – 8 –3 –0
Boston College  – 7 –3 –0
Florida State  – 7 –4 –0
Holy Cross  – 6 –3 –0
Navy  – 6 –3 –0
Penn State  – 6 –3 –1
No. 17 Notre Dame  – 6 –4 –0
Pacific (CA)  – 6 –4 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –0
Pittsburgh  – 5 –4 –1
Detroit  – 4 –4 –1
Boston University  – 4 –5 –0
San Jose State  – 4 –5 –0
Texas Tech  – 3 –7 –0
Marquette  – 2 –7 –1
Drake  – 2 –7 –0
Dayton  – 2 –8 –0
Miami (FL)  – 2 –8 –0
Colgate  – 1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. They began the season ranked 7th in the pre-season AP Poll. [1] The team was led by ninth-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz. [2] [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27 William & Mary Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 12
W 14–012,000 [4]
October 4at Boston University No. 15
W 28–14
October 11at No. 14 Michigan No. 12
W 20–1482,220 [5]
October 18vs. Tulane No. 6
L 6–1432,000 [6]
October 25at Penn No. 18
W 50–818,914 [7]
November 1 Notre Dame No. 15
L 20–4057,773
November 8vs. Maryland
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD (rivalry)
W 40–1430,035 [8]
November 15at George Washington
W 28–812,000 [9]
November 291:15 p.m.vs. No. 5 Army
NBC L 6–22102,000 [10]

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The 1939 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its second season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 132 to 65. Princeton played its 1939 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

References

  1. ↑ "Navy (MD) 1958 AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings". www.collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Navy Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Navy grabs muddy win over W&M, 14–0". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Tommy Devine (October 12, 1958). "Navy Smokes M, 20-14: Middie Pass Is Killer". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tulane submerges Navy, 14–6". Daily Press. October 19, 1958. Retrieved September 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Effrat, Louis (October 26, 1958). "Navy Crushes Pennsylvania in Football; Middies Register Easy 50-8 Victory". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  8. ↑ "Navy wallops Maryland". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 9, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Surprising Colonials bow to Navy, 28–8". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved February 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Hand, Jack (November 30, 1958). "Anderson, Army overpower Navy, 22-6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 1, sports.


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