1893 Navy
1–2, coached by John A. Hartwell. The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–3, over eight games to the three on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Army 6–4Dec 2
By 2 points, its widest win.
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Army 6–4.
In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list five games of Navy’s 1893 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14 | vsDickinson | W 26–0 | Navy’s article |
| Oct 21 | vsVirginia | W 28–0 | Navy’s article |
| Nov 11 | vsGeorgetown | W 22–10 | Navy’s article, Georgetown’s articleThe two articles’ dates differ (Navy’s gives November 4). |
| Nov 18 | vsFranklin & Marshall | W 34–6 | Navy’s article |
| Nov 22 | vsVirginia | L 0–12 | Navy’s article |
Photographs from 1893
Cadets playing football (II), Naval Academy, 1893Photo: United States Naval Academy, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
Cadets playing football (I), Naval Academy, 1893Photo: United States Naval Academy, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
- Record
- 1–2
- Conference
- —
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 12–50
- Coach
- John A. Hartwell
- Elo
- 1472 −54 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Art Kavanagh