1936 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainRivers Morrell
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
1936 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
George Washington   –  7 –1 –1
Hardin–Simmons   –  9 –2 –0
Georgetown   –  6 –2 –1
Western Maryland   –  7 –3 –1
No. 18 Navy   –  6 –3 –0
West Virginia   –  6 –4 –0
East Carolina   –  3 –2 –0
Jacksonville State   –  2 –2 –1
Catholic University   –  4 –4 –0
Oklahoma City   –  4 –4 –0
William & Mary Norfolk   –  4 –4 –0
Oglethorpe   –  4 –5 –0
Texas Wesleyan   –  3 –6 –1
Troy State   –  3 –6 –0
Delaware   –  2 –6 –0
South Georgia Teachers   –  2 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1936 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tom Hamilton, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 115 to 74.[1][2] They finished the season ranked 18th in the first year of the AP Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26William & Mary
W 18–613,563[3]
October 3Davidson
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 19–6[4]
October 10Virginia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 35–1416,000[5]
October 17Yale
L 7–12
October 24at Princeton
L 0–745,000[6]
October 31at No. 20 Penn
L 6–16
November 7No. 13 Notre Dame
W 3–051,126
November 14Harvard
W 20–1342,000[7]
November 28vs. Army
W 7–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Navy Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Navy's quick scores beat William and Mary, 18–6". The Brooklyn Times Union. September 27, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Davidson extends Navy in 19–6 loss". The Birmingham News. October 4, 1936. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Navy is pushed to top Virginia". The News and Observer. October 11, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tiger 3d-Period Drive Beats Navy, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 25, 1936. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Navy Defeats Harvard, 20 to 13". The Baltimore Sun. November 15, 1936. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.


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