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
Conference	Independent
1890 record	5–1–1
Head coach	no coach
Captain	Charles Emrich

1890 Southern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	St. John's (MD)	Unknown Annapolis, MD	W 45–0
November 1	Georgetown	Unknown Annapolis, MD	W 70–4
November 8	Dickinson	Unknown Annapolis, MD	W 32–6
November 12	Columbia Athletic Club	Unknown Annapolis, MD	T 6–6
December 7	Gallaudet	Unknown Annapolis, MD	W 24–0
November 27	Lehigh	Unknown Annapolis, MD	L 4–24
November 29	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY (Army–Navy Game)	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.