1938 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1938 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Hank Hardwick, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 126 to 60.^[1][2]

1938 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–2
Head coach	Hank Hardwick (2nd season)
Captain	Lucien Powell
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hardin–Simmons			–					8	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland			–					5	–	2	–	1
Catholic University			–					5	–	3	–	0
George Washington			–					5	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	3	–	2
Virginia			–					4	–	4	–	1
West Virginia			–					4	–	5	–	1
Loyola (LA)			–					4	–	5	–	0
South Georgia Teachers			–					3	–	5	–	1
William & Mary Norfolk			–					3	–	5	–	1
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	2	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					2	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					2	–	8	–	0
East Carolina			–					1	–	6	–	1
Jacksonville State			–					1	–	6	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 1	VMI	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0	20,000	^[3]
October 8	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 33–0
October 15	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–9
October 22	Princeton	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 13–13
October 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0
November 5	No. 4 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–15	58,271
November 12	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–9	33,000	^[4]
November 26	vs. Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–14
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. 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 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "20,000 see 26–0 defeat". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Richardson, William D. (November 13, 1938). "Two Long Drives by Navy Overcome Columbia, 14-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.