1926 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1926 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1926 college football season. The Midshipmen were coached by Bill Ingram in his first year and finished the season undefeated with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1). Although Alabama and Stanford have been named the 1926 national champion by most selectors, the 1926 Navy team was retroactively named as the national champion under Boand and Houlgate Systems. The team was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.

1926 Navy Midshipmen football
National champion (Boand, Houlgate)
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	Bill Ingram (1st season)
Captain	Frank Wickhorst
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

1926 Southern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Loyola (LA)			–					10	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Howard			–					7	–	0	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	0	–	1
Wesley			–					6	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech			–					6	–	1	–	3
Davidson			–					7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					7	–	2	–	1
William & Mary			–					7	–	3	–	0
Georgia Normal			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hampden–Sydney			–					5	–	2	–	3
George Washington			–					5	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					4	–	2	–	1
Spring Hill			–					3	–	2	–	1
Texas A&I			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest			–					5	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines			–					3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Docs			–					3	–	5	–	1
Catholic University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State Teachers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Duke			–					3	–	6	–	0
Richmond			–					2	–	7	–	0
Harding			–					1	–	5	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Purdue	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 17–13
October 9	Drake	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–7
October 9	Richmond	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–13
October 23	Colgate	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 13–7	15,000
October 30	Michigan	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 10–0	80,000
November 6	West Virginia Wesleyan	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 53–7
November 13	Georgetown	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 10–7
November 20	Loyola (MD)	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 35–13
November 27	vs. Army	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (Army–Navy Game)	T 21–21

Roster

Players at the Hotel Windemere in Chicago ahead of the Army–Navy Game

1926 Army–Navy Game at Soldier Field in Chicago

1926 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class B 10 J. A. Lucier B 11 F. R. Hubert–Jones B 12 H. R. Nieman B 14 William J. Millican B 15 Howard Caldwell Sr B 16 E. M. Condra OT 17 C. F. Stillman B 18 Maurice E. Goudge Sr E 19 J. Marginnis G 20 Edward Burke So G 21 C. J. Zondorak G 22 Wilson T. Dodge Jr E 23 Francis S. Smith So QB 25 Edward A. Hannegan Jr B 26 Jim Schuber Jr B 27 Howard F. Ransford Jr B 28 D. E. O'Neil C 29 Herbert L. Hoerner Sr E 30 Delbert Fred Williamson Sr G 32 Francis R. Duborg So B 33 Tom Hamilton Sr E 34 W. T. McGarry B 35 Alan Shapley Sr B 37 Elliott W. Parish Jr. So E 38 W. Allen Taylor Jr E 40 Hank Hardwick Jr G 41 John H. Cross Sr G 43 Arthur S. Born Sr G 44 C. H. DuBerg OT 45 Alfred R. Truslow Jr. Sr G 46 H. H. Brockman C 47 H.C. Warren Sr OT 49 Daniel Thomas Eddy Sr G 50 A. M. Aichel E 51 Whitey Lloyd Fr B 52 L. T. Morse C 53 Wendell G. Osborne G 54 R. A. Pierce Jr OT 55 E. Olsen E 56 Michael Peter Bagdanovich Jr OT 57 Frank Wickhorst (c) Sr OT 58 B. L. Woerner OT 59 Thomas R. Wilson So B — R. V. Hull OT — Carl Emil Giese So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster