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Navy Football Team History

Navy Midshipmen

United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Founded: 1845
Stadium: Navy-Marine Corps Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Colors: Navy Blue & Gold
Coach: Richard Bill Armstrong
Conference: Independent-

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1879 <-- 1898 <- 1899 -> 1900 --> 2024

1899 Season Highlights

Richard Bill Armstrong enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Navy.

1899 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 7	vs. Princeton	0	5	L
Sat., Oct. 14	vs. Georgetown	12	0	W
Sat., Oct. 21	vs. Penn State	6	0	W
Sat., Oct. 28	vs. Lafayette	0	5	L
Sat., Nov. 4	vs. North Carolina	12	0	W
Sat., Nov. 11	vs. Trinity (Connecticut)	35	0	W
Sat., Nov. 18	vs. Lehigh	24	0	W
Sat., Dec. 2	vs. Army	5	17	L	@ Philadelphia, PA

1899 Season Totals
Record	5-3
Points Scored	94
Scoring Average	11.8
Points Allowed	27
Defense Average	3.4
Opponents Record	15-14
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	5-3
Away Record	0-0

1899 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1899 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kansas	10-0	280	37					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Connecticut	6-2	107	62					T.D. Knowles
Indiana	6-2	133	33					James H. Horne
Iowa State	5-4-1	117	38					Joe Meyers
New Mexico	1-1	5	5					No Coach
Missouri	9-2	242	56					David L. Fultz
Ohio State	9-0-1	184	5					Dr. John B.C. Eckstorm
Boston College	8-1-1	85	18					John Dunlop
Iowa	8-0-1	223	5					Alden Knipe
California	7-1-1	142	2					Garrett Cochran
Notre Dame	6-3-1	169	55					James McWeeney
Cincinnati	5-2	88	60					Daniel A. Dan Reed
Navy	5-3	94	27					Richard Bill Armstrong
San Jose State	5-2-1	115	68					Jess Woods
Army	4-5	57	100					Herman J. Koehler
Penn State	4-6-1	104	176					Sam B. Boyle
Syracuse	4-4	63	63					Frank E. Wade
Texas A&M	4-2	150	11					W.A. Murray
Virginia	4-3-2	92	88					Arthur F. Archie Hoxton
Virginia Tech	4-1	106	28					Dr. James Morrison
Washington	4-1-1	71	21					A.S. Jeffs
Arizona State	3-0	23	2					Frederick M. Irish
Arkansas	3-1-1	37	21					Colbert Searles
Central Michigan	3-2	35	22					Carl Pray
Nevada	3-2	85	52					A. King Dickson
Oregon	3-2-1	102	17					Frank W. Simpson
Oregon State	3-2	75	60					Highland Stickney
Pittsburgh	3-1-1	43	23					Dr. Frederick A. Robinson
Akron	2-1	26	11					Archie Eves
Baylor	2-1-1	26	33					R.H. Hamilton
Kansas State	2-3	23	72					Albert Hanson
Ohio	2-2	78	77					Fred Sullivan
Oklahoma	2-1	61	28					Vernon L. Parrington
Rutgers	2-9	114	245					William V.B. Van Dyke, Jr.
South Carolina	2-3	22	62					I.O. Hunt
Southern California	2-3-1	22	33					No Coach
Stanford	2-5-2	61	78					B.C. Burr Chamberlain
Utah	2-1	23	34					Unknown
West Virginia	2-3	28	78					Louis Yeager
Arizona	1-1-1	24	11					Stuart Forbes
Buffalo	1-1-2	10	17					No Coach
Louisiana State	1-4	38	126					John P. Gregg
Maryland	1-4	26	157					S.M. Cooke
Miami Ohio	1-5	23	73					No Coach
Nebraska	1-7-1	43	164					Alonzo Edwin Branch
New Mexico State	1-0	38	0					John O. Miller
Northern Illinois	1-0-2	21	5					John L. Keith
Temple	1-4-1	27	127					John T. Rogers
Utah State	1-0	11	5					Willard Langton
Washington State	1-1	21	11					Frank Shively
Marshall	0-0-1	0	0					No Coach
Texas Christian	0-0-1	0	0					No Coach
Tulsa	0-1-1	0	11					Fred Taylor
Wyoming	0-1-1	5	17					Justus F. Soule

1899 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1899 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

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