Georgetown at Navy
Wednesday, November 11, 1891 Share
Navy beat Georgetown 16–4. It was their first meeting; after it, Navy led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 55°F, 0.49 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1891, page 2
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The Naval Academy Foot Ball Team defeated the Georgetown University Team yesterday afternoon 1t Annapolis by a score of 16 to 4. During dispute over a point in the game Cadet Mscklin scored q touchdown, which the referee, Prof Chew Of St. Johns College, al lowed The Georgetown players claimed that the decision was unfair and left the field. The following were the players: Georgetown College left end; Callayhar. left tackle; l. Dyer, left guard; O’Donnell (eaptain( center; J. Dyer. right guard; Myers, risht tackle; Thomas, right end; Gately, quarter back; Dowd. left half back; keete, right half back; Camden, full back Cadets symington, left end; Beuret left tackle; Pierson, sfs guard; Holsinger. center; Trench, right guard; Macklin (csptain), right tackle; Fer guson, right end; Bagley, quarter back; Cole man, left half back. Johnson, right half back Campbell, full back.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Navy 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgetown–Navy gameNavy leads 10–4–2 in 16 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 1929 | Georgetown 0, Navy 0 | |
| 1926 | Navy 10, Georgetown 7 | |
| 1920 | Navy 21, Georgetown 6 | |
| 1919 | Georgetown 6, Navy 0 | |
| 1917 | Navy 28, Georgetown 7 | |
| 1916 | Navy 13, Georgetown 7 |
Around this game
Georgetown
- Next gameat NavyNov. 19, 1892
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1891
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. DickinsonNov. 14, 1891
- SeasonNavy in 1891
- ProgramNavy history and records

