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1969 Navy

1–⁠9, coached by Rick Forzano.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1969, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 22–45; lost at Boston College 14–21; lost at No. 4 Texas 17–56; lost at Pittsburgh 19–46; lost at Rutgers 6–20; won vs. Virginia 10–0; lost at No. 10 Notre Dame 0–47; lost at Miami 10–30; lost vs. Syracuse 0–15; lost vs. Army 0–27+10−47Lost 22–45 vs. No. 3 Penn State-23No. 3 Penn StateLost 14–21 at Boston College-7Boston CollegeLost 17–56 at No. 4 Texas-39No. 4 TexasLost 19–46 at Pittsburgh-27PittsburghLost 6–20 at Rutgers-14RutgersWon 10–0 vs. Virginia+10VirginiaLost 0–47 at No. 10 Notre Dame-47No. 10 Notre DameLost 10–30 at Miami-20MiamiLost 0–15 vs. Syracuse-15SyracuseLost 0–27 vs. Army-27Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs3Penn StateL 22–⁠4525%
Sep 27atBoston CollegeL 14–⁠2130%
Oct 4at4TexasL 17–⁠5612%
Oct 11atPittsburghL 19–⁠4646%
Oct 18atRutgersL 6–⁠2026%
Oct 25vsVirginiaW 10–⁠036%
Nov 1at10Notre DameL 0–⁠4712%
Nov 7atMiamiL 10–⁠3025%
Nov 15vsSyracuseL 0–⁠1528%
Nov 29vsArmyL 0–⁠2733%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Army 27–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 130th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
98–⁠307
Coach
Rick Forzano
Elo
1325 −102 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−13.1 No. 96 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Dan Pike and Jeff Krstich