1926 Navy Midshipmen football team

1926 Navy Midshipmen football

National champion (Boand, Houlgate)
Conference	Independent
1926 record	9–0–1
Head coach	Bill Ingram (1st year)
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

The 1926 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1926 college football season. The Midshipmen were coached by Bill Ingram in his first year and finished the season undefeated with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1). Although Alabama and Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Navy team was named as the national champion under Boand and Houlgate Systems.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	Purdue	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 17–13
October 9	Drake	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 24–7
October 9	Richmond	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 27–13
October 23	Colgate	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 13–7
October 30	Michigan	Municipal Stadium • Baltimore, MD	W 10–0
November 6	West Virginia Wesleyan	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 53–7
November 13	Georgetown	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 10–7
November 20	Loyola (MD)	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 35–13
November 27	vs. Army	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Army–Navy Game)	T 21–21

*Schedule Source:^[2]

Final Dickinson rankings

	TEAM	Record	Rating
1	Stanford	(10–0–0)	22.50
2	Navy Midshipmen	(9–0–1)	21.83
3	Michigan Wolverines	(7–1–0)	21.25
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	(9–1–0)	21.25
4	Lafayette Leopards	(9–0–0)	20.00
5	USC Trojans	(8–2–0)	17.70
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	(9–0–0)	16.67
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	(7–1–0)	16.25
8	Army Cadets	(7–1–1)	14.38
9	Brown Bears	(9–0–1)	13.76
10	Northwestern Wildcats	(7–1–0)	13.75
10	Illinois Fighting Illini	(6–2–0)	13.75
10	Penn Quakers	(7–1–1)	13.75

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References

↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
↑ DeLassus, David. "Navy Yearly Results: 1925–1929". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
↑ "System Places Stanford First," Nevada State Journal (Reno), Dec. 17, 1926, p6

Navy Midshipmen football

Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)

Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (pre-AP Poll)

1869–1879	1869: Princeton / Rutgers 1870: Princeton 1872: Princeton / Yale 1873: Princeton 1874: Harvard / Princeton / Yale 1875: Columbia / Harvard / Princeton 1876: Yale 1877: Princeton / Yale 1878: Princeton 1879: Princeton

1880s	1880: Princeton / Yale 1881: Princeton / Yale 1882: Yale 1883: Yale 1884: Princeton / Yale 1885: Princeton 1886: Princeton / Yale 1887: Yale 1888: Yale 1889: Princeton

1890s	1890: Harvard 1891: Yale 1892: Yale 1893: Princeton / Yale 1894: Penn / Princeton / Yale 1895: Penn / Yale 1896: Lafayette / Princeton 1897: Penn / Yale 1898: Harvard / Princeton 1899: Harvard / Princeton

1900s	1900: Yale 1901: Harvard / Michigan / Yale 1902: Michigan / Yale 1903: Michigan / Princeton 1904: Michigan / Minnesota / Penn 1905: Chicago / Yale 1906: Princeton / Yale 1907: Yale 1908: Harvard / LSU / Penn 1909: Yale

1910s	1910: Harvard / Pittsburgh 1911: Penn State / Princeton 1912: Harvard / Penn State 1913: Auburn / Chicago / Harvard 1914: Army / Illinois / Texas 1915: Cornell / Minnesota / Oklahoma / Pittsburgh 1916: Army / Georgia Tech / Pittsburgh 1917: Georgia Tech 1918: Michigan / Pittsburgh 1919: Centre / Harvard / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M

1920s	1920: California / Georgia / Harvard / Notre Dame / Princeton 1921: California / Cornell / Iowa / Lafayette / Washington & Jefferson / Vanderbilt 1922: California / Cornell / Princeton / Vanderbilt 1923: Cal / Cornell / Illinois / Michigan / Yale 1924: Notre Dame / Penn 1925: Alabama / Dartmouth / Michigan 1926: Alabama / Lafayette / Michigan / Navy / Stanford 1927: Georgia / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M / Yale 1928: Detroit / Georgia Tech / USC 1929: Notre Dame / Pittsburgh / USC

1930s	1930: Alabama / Notre Dame 1931: Pittsburgh / Purdue / USC 1932: Colgate / Michigan / USC 1933: Michigan / Ohio State / Princeton / USC 1934: Alabama / Minnesota 1935: LSU / Minnesota / Princeton / SMU / TCU

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