1977 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1977 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by fifth-year head coach George Welsh.[2][3]

1977 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1977 record5–6
Head coach
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame        11 1 0
No. 5 Penn State        11 1 0
Colgate        10 1 0
North Texas State *        10 1 0
No. 16 San Diego State        10 1 0
Tennessee State        8 1 1
No. 14 Florida State        10 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh        9 2 1
East Carolina        8 3 0
Rutgers        8 3 0
Army        7 4 0
Louisville        7 4 1
Boston College        6 5 0
Cincinnati        5 4 2
Georgia Tech        6 5 0
Memphis State        6 5 0
Northwestern State        6 5 0
Syracuse        6 5 0
William & Mary        6 5 0
Southern Miss        6 5 0
Temple        5 5 1
Hawaii        5 6 0
Navy        5 6 0
West Virginia        5 6 0
South Carolina        5 7 0
Utah State        4 7 0
Villanova        4 7 0
Illinois State        3 7 1
Virginia Tech        3 7 1
Indiana State        3 7 0
Miami (FL)        3 8 0
Richmond        3 8 0
Tulane        3 8 0
Air Force        2 8 1
Holy Cross        2 8 0
Northeast Louisiana        2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10The CitadelW 21–2
September 17Connecticut
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 38–7
September 25at MichiganL 7–14101,800
October 1at DukeL 16–28
October 8Air Force
W 10–7
October 15at PittsburghL 17–34
October 22William & Mary
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 42–17
October 29at Notre DameL 10–4359,075
November 5Syracuse
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 34–45
November 12Georgia Tech
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 20–16
November 26vs. ArmyL 14–1781,091
  • Homecoming

Personnel

1977 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 65 Jerome Barker So
OG 77 Rick Bott So
RB Steve Callahan
TE Rich Cellon
QB Randy Farley
OG 62 Tom Fieldman So
C Ray Fritsch
RB Joe Gattuso (C) Sr
TE 83 Carl Hendershot So
WR Sandy Jones
FB 33 Larry Klawinski So
OG Steve Kremer
WR John Kurkowski
QB 15 Bob Lesczynski Jr
OT Jim Lippard
WR 80 Phil McConkey Jr
RB Leon Miller
QB 18 Bob Powers So
OT 75 Kevin Ryan Sr
RB 23 Mike Sherlock Fr
OT 61 John Taylor So
RB Dave Walker
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 73 Steve Chambers Fr
LB Bob DeStefany
S Mike Galpin (C) Sr
LB 63 Mike Kronzer Fr
DB 32 Pat McCormick Sr
DT 76 John Merrill So
DB 66 Charlie Meyers So
DL A.B. Miller
DB 49 Gregg Milo So
DE 88 Hugh Nixon So
LB 55 Tom Paulk So
DL Pfunandre Redvict
DL Ed Reid
DB John Sturges
DE 84 Charlie Thornton So
DL Tom Thompson
DB Bob Wilson
DB 36 Chuck Zingler So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 10 Bob Tata Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Air Force Falcons at Navy Midshipmen
1 2 34Total
Air Force 0 7 007
Navy 0 7 0310

at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, Maryland

  • Date: October 8
  • Game weather: Rain
  • [4]

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 194. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. "Navy Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. New York Times. 1977 Oct 09. Retrieved 2019-Jan-22.


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