
1908 Navy
9–2–1, coached by Frank Berrien. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Maryland 57–0Oct 14
By 57 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vs | W 18–0 | 80% |
| Oct 4 | vsSt. John’s (Maryland) | W 22–0 | 93% |
| Oct 10 | vsDickinson | W 22–0 | 80% |
| Oct 14 | at | W 57–0 | 62% |
| Oct 17 | vs | W 16–0 | 91% |
| Oct 24 | vs | T 6–6 | 67% |
| Oct 28 | vsGeorge Washington | W 17–0 | 91% |
| Oct 31 | vsCarlisle | L 6–16 | 49% |
| Nov 7 | vs | W 30–6 | 82% |
| Nov 14 | vs | W 5–0 | 71% |
| Nov 21 | vs | W 15–4 | 69% |
| Nov 28 | vs | L 4–6 | 64% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Army 6–4.
In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).
Photographs from 1908
The game
Army – Navy football game, Nov. 28, 1908Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1908.
- Record
- 9–2–1
- Conference
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- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 218–38
- Coach
- Frank Berrien
- Elo
- 1644 +57 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 18.6 No. 7 of 67 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Percy Northcroft