1939 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1939 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Swede Larson, the Midshipmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 107 to 88.^[1][2]

1939 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Swede Larson (1st season)
Captain	Allen Bergner
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					7	–	0	–	1
Catholic University			–					8	–	1	–	1
Hardin–Simmons			–					7	–	1	–	1
George Washington			–					5	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Teachers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					4	–	4	–	2
Roanoke			–					4	–	4	–	0
Delaware State			–					2	–	2	–	0
William & Mary Norfolk			–					4	–	5	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					3	–	4	–	1
Navy			–					3	–	5	–	1
West Virginia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Western Maryland			–					1	–	6	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	7	–	0
East Carolina			–					0	–	8	–	0

Navy was ranked at No. 56 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 31–6	20,000	^[4]
October 7	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 14–12
October 14	Dartmouth	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 0–0
October 21	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	L 7–14	78,257
October 28	Clemson	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–15	18,000	^[5]
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–13
November 11	Columbia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 13–19	17,300	^[6]
November 25	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–28	35,000	^[7]
December 2	vs. Army	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 10–0	102,000	^[8]
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. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Navy's rookie backs star in comeback win". Buffalo Courier-Express. October 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rugged Clemson team beats Navy 15–7". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 29, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Richardson, William D. (November 12, 1939). "Columbia Passes Down Navy, 19-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. "Princeton Air Attack Crushes Middies, 28 to 0". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. November 26, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
8. John M. McCullough (December 3, 1939). "102,000 Grid Fans Peer Through Mist To See Middies Conquer Army, 10 to 0; Marry-Makers Take Over Central city". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.