1926 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1926 Navy Midshipmen football 1926 Navy National Championship Team.JPG 285 Independent 9–0–1 Bill Ingram 1st Frank Wickhorst Thompson Stadium National champion (Boand, Houlgate) 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 retroactively named as the national champion under Boand and Houlgate Systems.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 13, 2016 August 6, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220806220105/https://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf dead The team was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams The Morning Post Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98552346/dickinson-rankings/ Newspapers.com Schedule October 2 w Purdue Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 17–13 October 9 w Drake Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 24–7 Navy Gridders Defeat Drake: Iowa Invaders Turned Back By Score of 24-To-7 The Baltimore Sun October 3, 1926 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116688621/drake/ Newspapers.com October 9 w Richmond Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 26–0 October 16 w y Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 27–13 Navy Team Beats Princeton: Middies Make Strong Finish The Baltimore Sun W. O. McGeehan October 17, 1926 Sports 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107363434/navy-team-beats-princeton-middies-make/ Newspapers.com October 23 w Colgate Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 13–7 15,000 Lloyd Runs Length Of Field To Bring Victory To Middies The Baltimore Sun October 24, 1926 II-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120795394/navy-colgate/ Newspapers.com October 30 w Michigan Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD 10–0 80,000 November 6 w 1926 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats West Virginia Wesleyan Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 53–7 November 13 w Georgetown Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 10–7 November 20 w 1926 Loyola Green and Gray Loyola (MD) Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD 35–13 November 27 t y Army Soldier Field Chicago, IL Army–Navy Game 21–21 1926 Navy Midshipmen Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/navy/1926-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference December 25, 2025 1926 Football Schedule https://navysports.com/sports/football/schedule/1926 Navy Athletics December 25, 2025 Roster thumb|Players at the Hotel Windemere in Chicago ahead of the Army–Navy Game|400px thumb|1926 Army–Navy Game at Soldier Field in Chicago|500px 1926 Navy Midshipmen y 10 J. A. Lucier B n 11 F. R. Hubert–Jones B n 12 H. R. Nieman B n 14 William J. Millican B y 15 Howard Caldwell B Sr Howard Caldwell (admiral) y 16 E. M. Condra B n 17 C. F. Stillman T n 18 Maurice E. Goudge B Sr n 19 J. Marginnis E n 20 Edward Burke Edward Burke (American football) G So y 21 C. J. Zondorak G n 22 Wilson T. Dodge G Jr n 23 Francis S. Smith E So n 25 Edward A. Hannegan QB Jr n 26 Jim Schuber B Jr y 27 Howard F. Ransford B Jr n 28 D. E. O'Neil B n 29 Herbert L. Hoerner C Sr n 30 Delbert Fred Williamson E Sr n 32 Francis R. Duborg G So n 33 Tom Hamilton Tom Hamilton (American football) B Sr y 34 W. T. McGarry E n 35 Alan Shapley B Sr y 37 Elliott W. Parish Jr. B So y 38 W. Allen Taylor E Jr n 40 Hank Hardwick E Jr y 41 John H. Cross G Sr n 43 Arthur S. Born G Sr y 44 C. H. DuBerg G n 45 Alfred R. Truslow Jr. T Sr n 46 H. H. Brockman G n 47 H.L. Warren C Sr n 49 Daniel Thomas Eddy T Sr n 50 A. M. Aichel G n 51 Whitey Lloyd E F y 52 L. T. Morse B n 53 Wendell G. Osborne C n 54 R. A. Pierce G Jr n 55 E. Olsen T n 56 Michael Peter Bagdanovich E Jr y 57 Frank Wickhorst T c Sr y 58 B. L. Woerner T n 59 Thomas R. Wilson T So n — R. V. Hull B n — Carl Emil Giese T So n https://glorydayscollectibles.com/cdn/shop/products/57_847d28af-00c4-4f52-bb9a-765be3a6e0dc_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1685714779 Navy Football History https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/navysports.com/documents/2006/7/10/_navy_m_footbl__9-2006-History-fb.pdf Navy Football July 30, 2025 20061926 Army–Navy Game program The Stadium Review Publishing Company 1926 81 en-us; viewable at: 1926 Army–Navy Game program https://glorydayscollectibles.com/cdn/shop/products/57_847d28af-00c4-4f52-bb9a-765be3a6e0dc_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1685714779 Glory Days Collectibles The Stadium Review Publishing Company 1 August 2025 81 en-us 1928 1926 Army–Navy Game program https://www.ebay.com/itm/115744998543 eBay The Stadium Review Publishing Company August 1, 2025 81 en-us 1928 References Navy Category:Navy Midshipmen football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Navy Midshipmen football Category:Long stubs with short prose