1890 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1890 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored its opponents 204 to 49.[1][2] The season featured the inaugural meeting in the Army–Navy Game, which ended in a 24–0 victory for Navy. After the victory, Navy cadets in Annapolis "fired twenty-four great guns, and then paraded the streets with horns."[3] Charles Emrich was the Navy team captain in 1890.[1]

1890 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record5–1–1
Head coach
  • no coach
CaptainCharles Emrich
1890 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Furman   –    2 –0 –0
Vanderbilt   –    1 –0 –0
Virginia   –    5 –2 –0
Navy   –    5 –1 –1
Delaware   –    3 –2 –0
Georgetown   –    3 –3 –1
Johns Hopkins   –    0 –1 –0
Nashville   –    0 –1 –0
Trinity (NC)   –    0 –1 –0
Richmond   –    0 –3 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
St. John's (MD)
W 45–0
November 1Georgetown
  • Unknown
  • Annapolis, MD
W 70–4
November 8Dickinson
  • Unknown
  • Annapolis, MD
W 32–6
November 12Columbia Athletic Club
  • Unknown
  • Annapolis, MD
T 6–6
December 7Gallaudet
  • Unknown
  • Annapolis, MD
W 24–0
November 27Lehigh
  • Unknown
  • Annapolis, MD
L 4–24
November 29at Army
W 24–0

References
  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 188. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. "The Naval Cadets Victorious: West Point's Eleven Defeated by Annapolis by the Score of 24 to 0". The New York Tribune. November 30, 1890. p. 5.


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