1887 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 football 1887 Navy Midshipmen Independent 3–1 None Modified V-formation George Hayward Western King Field The 1887 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled a 3–1 record and outscored its opponents 41 to 22.Navy Yearly Results (1885-1889) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse July 12, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/navy/1885-1889_yearly_results.php July 20, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150720091019/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/navy/1885-1889_yearly_results.php dead The Midshipmen shut out their first three opponents, including an 8–0 victory in the seventh installment of the Johns Hopkins–Navy football rivalry.May 2020 The Johns Hopkins game was played at the Academy grounds in Annapolis, Maryland, and was described by The Sun (New York) as "a veritable slugging match" and "one of the roughest games of football" ever seen there.Football at Annapolis The Sun (New York) November 25, 1887 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2389264/navy_beats_johns_hopkins_1887/ In the final game of the 1887 season, the Midshipmen lost to the Princeton Tigers "B" team in the final game of the season. The team captain was George Hayward.Football History United States Naval Academy July 12, 2015 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/navy/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/History-2014-Guide.pdf 188 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075720/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/navy/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/History-2014-Guide.pdf dead Schedule October 29 w 1887 St. John's Johnnies St. John's (MD) Unknown Annapolis, MD 4–0 The Sun Baltimore October 31, 1887 The State of Maryland 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/193825389/ Newspapers.com November 12 w St. John's (MD) Unknown Annapolis, MD 24–0 November 24 w 1887 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins Unknown Annapolis, MD rivalry 8–0 November 26 l Princeton Reserves Unknown Annapolis, MD 5-22 Prelude The Naval Academy's football program formally began in 1879 with a game against the Baltimore Athletic Club. The program went on a two-year hiatus in 1880 and 1881 due to a lack of support, before it was brought back by Vaulx Carter.Bealle (1951), pp. 8–9Clary (1997), pp. 10–11 Johns Hopkins was Navy's primary opponent during the 1880s; the annual contest between the programs made up the entirety of the academy's 1882 through 1884 seasons.Clary (1997), p. 13 Players The 1887 Naval Academy football team was made up of twelve players at six unique positions. The squad consisted of five rushers, two ends, one snapback, one fullbacks, two halfbacks, and one quarterbacks. Four of the players (both halfbacks, the fullback, and a rusher) had played the previous season.Bealle (1951), p. 14 The age of the players ranged several years due to the academy's admission policy; the school allowed for men between the ages of 14 and 18 to be admitted, which future player John B. Patton remarked made it "just a boys' school".Schoor (1967), p. 5 Rushers Carlo Brittain Ashley Robertson Sam Robinson Monty Taylor Curtis D. Wilbur Ends Buell Franklin George Gibbs thumb|175px|right|Curtis Dwight Wilbur, a rusher on the 1887 team, was later appointed Secretary of the Navy|alt=Curtis D. Wilbur Snapback George Fermier Halfbacks George Hayward (capt.) John Patton Full-backs Lou Anderson Quarterbacks Jim Fearne References Footnotes Bibliography Bealle Bealle Morris Allison 1951 Gangway for Navy: The Story of Football At United States Naval Academy, 1879–1950 Washington, D.C. Columbia Publishing Company 1667386 Clary Clary Jack 1997 The Tradition Begins: 1879–1899 Navy Football: Gridiron Legends and Fighting Heroes Annapolis, Maryland Naval Institute Press 7–18 978-1-55750-106-6 36713133 Schoor Schoor Gene Football Comes to Annapolis and West Point Schoor, Gene 1967 The Army–Navy Game: A Treasury of the Football Classic https://archive.org/details/armynavygametrea00scho limited New York City Dodd, Mead and Company 3–9 371756 Navy Category:Navy Midshipmen football seasons Navy Midshipmen football