1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1985 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference Independent
1985 record 4–7
Head coach Gary Tranquill (4th year)
Captain Eric Fudge
Captain Napoleon McCallum
Home stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1984 1986 »
1985 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Penn State   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
#9 Miami (FL)   –   –       10 – 2 – 0
Army   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
#15 Florida State   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   –       7 – 3 – 1
Southern Miss   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       7 – 5 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –       5 – 5 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Boston College   –   –       4 – 8 – 0
Memphis   –   –       2 – 7 – 2
Rutgers   –   –       2 – 8 – 1
East Carolina   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Louisville   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Tulane   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 7 North Carolina Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD L 19–21  
September 14 at Delaware Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE L 13–16  
September 21 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 35–38  
September 28 at #20 Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 17–13  
October 12 #13 Air Force Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis< MD L 7–24  
October 19 Lafayettedagger Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 56–14  
October 26 Pittsburgh Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 21–7  
November 2 at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN L 17–41  
November 9 Syracuse Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD L 20–24  
November 16 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC L 31–34  
December 5 2:30 p.m. vs. Army Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Army-Navy Game) CBS W 17–7  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[3]

Game notes

Army

1 2 3 4 Total
• Navy 7 0 0 10 17
Army 7 0 0 0 7

Napoleon McCallum rushed for 217 yards on 41 carries, the second-most rushing yards by a Navy player against Army, and broke the NCAA single-season all-purpose yardage record of Pitt's Tony Dorsett. [4]

Awards

  • Napoleon McCallum - Heisman Trophy voting (7th)

References

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  3. ↑ 2011 Navy football media guide.
  4. ↑ "It's bon voyage for Navy's McCallum." Milwaukee Journal. 1985 Dec 8.
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