1892 Navy Midshipmen football team

1892 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	Ben Crosby (1st season)
Captain	Martin Trench
Home stadium	Worden Field

1892 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Centre			–					6	–	0	–	0
Biddle			–					1	–	0	–	0
Furman			–					1	–	0	–	0
Mercer			–					1	–	0	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					1	–	0	–	0
Virginia Military			–					4	–	0	–	1
Wake Forest			–					4	–	0	–	1
Johns Hopkins			–					7	–	1	–	0
North Carolina			–					5	–	1	–	0
Central (KY)			–					4	–	1	–	0
Sewanee			–					5	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Georgetown			–					4	–	2	–	1
Virginia			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt			–					4	–	4	–	0
Alabama			–					2	–	2	–	0
Auburn			–					2	–	2	–	0
Georgia			–					1	–	1	–	0
Virginia A&M			–					1	–	1	–	0
Western Maryland			–					0	–	0	–	1
Richmond			–					2	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	2	–	2
Kentucky A&M			–					2	–	4	–	1
Tennessee			–					2	–	5	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					1	–	3	–	0
Hampden–Sydney			–					0	–	1	–	0
Livingstone			–					0	–	1	–	0
Maryville (TN)			–					0	–	1	–	0
South Carolina			–					0	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					0	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1892 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1892 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Ben Crosby, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 121 to 62.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12	Penn	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–16		[2]
October 15	Princeton	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–28	900	[3]
October 22	Lafayette	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 22–4
October 29	Franklin & Marshall	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 24–0
November 5	Rutgers	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 48–12
November 19	Georgetown	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 40–0
November 26	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY (Army–Navy Game)	W 12–4	3,000	[4]

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
2. "Foot-Ball at Annapolis: Pennsylvanians Defeat the Naval Cadets by 16 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). October 13, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "The Foot-Ball Field". The Sun (Baltimore). October 17, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Victory for the Middies: They Outplay West Point Cadets at Football" (PDF). The New York Times. November 27, 1892.