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1948 Navy

0–⁠8–⁠1, coached by George Sauer.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1948, game by game: lost vs. California 7–21; lost vs. Cornell 7–13; lost at Duke 7–28; lost vs. No. 12 Missouri 14–35; lost at No. 7 Pennsylvania 14–20; lost vs. No. 2 Notre Dame 7–41; lost at No. 2 Michigan 0–35; lost at Columbia 0–13; tied vs. No. 3 Army 21–21+7−35Lost 7–21 vs. California-14CaliforniaLost 7–13 vs. Cornell-6CornellLost 7–28 at Duke-21DukeLost 14–35 vs. No. 12 Missouri-21No. 12 MissouriLost 14–20 at No. 7 Pennsylvania-6No. 7 PennsylvaniaLost 7–41 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-34No. 2 Notre DameLost 0–35 at No. 2 Michigan-35No. 2 MichiganLost 0–13 at Columbia-13ColumbiaTied 21–21 vs. No. 3 Army0No. 3 Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsCaliforniaL 7–⁠2141%
Oct 2vsCornellL 7–⁠1355%
Oct 9atDukeL 7–⁠2827%
Oct 16vs12MissouriL 14–⁠3535%
Oct 23at7PennsylvaniaL 14–⁠2013%
Oct 30vs2Notre DameL 7–⁠4114%
Nov 6at2MichiganL 0–⁠356%
Nov 13atColumbiaL 0–⁠1325%
Nov 27vs3ArmyT 21–⁠219%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Army 21–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Record
0–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
77–⁠227
Coach
George Sauer
Elo
1357 −100 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−0.6 No. 63 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pete Williams and Scott Emerson