American college football season
The 1953 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1953 college football season. They began the season ranked 13th in the pre-season AP Poll.[1] The team was led by fourth-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz.[2][3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | | William & Mary | No. 13 | | | T 6–6 | | [4] |
October 3 | | Dartmouth![dagger](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - Thompson Stadium
- Annapolis, MD
| | W 55–7 | 15,500 | [5] |
October 10 | | vs. Cornell | | | | W 26–6 | 27,000 | [6] |
October 17 | | at Princeton | No. 14 | | | W 65–7 | 44,000 | [7] |
October 24 | | at Penn | No. 10 | | | L 6–9 | 52,210 | [8] |
October 31 | | at No. 1 Notre Dame | No. 20 | | | L 7–38 | 58,154 | |
November 7 | | vs. Duke | | - Municipal Stadium
- Baltimore, MD
| | T 0–0 | 15,000 | [9] |
November 14 | | at Columbia | | | | W 14–6 | 5,000 | [10] |
November 28 | 1:15 p.m. | vs. No. 18 Army | | | NBC | L 7–20 | 102,000 | [11] |
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1953 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Class
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FB
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Joe Gattuso
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Jr
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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- ^ "Navy (MD) 1953 AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings". www.collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "Indians rally to tie favored Midshipmen, 6–6". Tulsa World. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 4, 1953). "Navy Power Routs Dartmouth, 55 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Effrat, Louis (October 11, 1953). "Middie Surge Tops Cornell Team, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 18, 1953). "Middies Pin Worst Setback on Tiger Eleven in 85 Years". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ McCulley, Jim (October 25, 1953). "Last-Minute Penn Kick Topples Middies, 9-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke, Navy slug out 0–0 tie". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 8, 1953). "Carr, Hopp Excel as Lions Down Indians in Air Battle". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ "Uebel Score 3 TD's As Cadets Too Tough". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. November 29, 1953. p. 27. Retrieved July 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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