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
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainAllen Bergner
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
1939 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
William & Mary Norfolk   –  4 –5 –0
Delaware State   –  2 –2 –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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30William & Mary
W 31–6
October 7Virginia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 14–12
October 14Dartmouth
T 0–0
October 21vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
L 7–1478,257
October 28Clemson
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–15
November 4at Penn
L 6–13
November 11Columbia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 13–1917,300[4]
November 25at Princeton
L 0–2835,000[5]
December 2vs. Army
W 10–0102,000[6]
  • 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. 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. Richardson, William D. (November 12, 1939). "Columbia Passes Down Navy, 19-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. "Princeton Air Attack Crushes Middies, 28 to 0". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. November 26, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 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.


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