1920 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1920 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–2 record, shut out three opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 164 to 43.^[1][2]

1920 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Bob Folwell (1st season)
Captain	Eddie Ewen
Home stadium	Worden Field
Seasons ← 1919 1921 →

1920 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Talladega			–					?	–	0	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					4	–	0	–	1
Abilene Christian			–					4	–	0	–	1
North Texas State Normal			–					7	–	1	–	0
Presbyterian			–					5	–	1	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Normal			–					4	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					6	–	2	–	0
Spring Hill			–					6	–	2	–	0
Birmingham–Southern			–					6	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Normal			–					4	–	2	–	1
Southwest Texas State			–					4	–	2	–	1
East Tennessee State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	0
West Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	1
Oglethorpe			–					4	–	4	–	1
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	1
Texas Mines			–					2	–	4	–	0
Marion			–					2	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest			–					2	–	7	–	0
Sam Houston Normal			–					1	–	4	–	2
Western Kentucky State Normal			–					0	–	1	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal			–					0	–	5	–	0
Marshall			–					0	–	8	–	0

The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Navy won 7–0.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	NC State	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 7–14
October 9	Lafayette	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 12–7
October 16	Bucknell	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 7–2
October 23	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–14
November 3	Western Reserve	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 95–0
November 6	Georgetown	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 21–6
November 13	South Carolina	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 63–0	^[3]
November 27	vs. Army	Polo Grounds New York, NY (Army–Navy Game)	W 7–0

References

1. (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "South Carolina snowed under by the Middies". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1920. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.