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1983 Navy

3–⁠8, coached by Gary Tranquill.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1983, game by game: lost at Virginia 16–27; lost at Mississippi State 10–38; won vs. Lehigh 30–0; lost at No. 18 Washington 10–27; lost vs. Air Force 17–44; won at Princeton 37–29; lost vs. Pittsburgh 14–21; lost at No. 19 Notre Dame 12–28; lost vs. Syracuse 7–14; lost at South Carolina 7–31; won vs. Army 42–13+30−28Lost 16–27 at Virginia-11VirginiaLost 10–38 at Mississippi State-28Mississippi Sta…Won 30–0 vs. Lehigh+30LehighLost 10–27 at No. 18 Washington-17No. 18 WashingtonLost 17–44 vs. Air Force-27Air ForceWon 37–29 at Princeton+8PrincetonLost 14–21 vs. Pittsburgh-7PittsburghLost 12–28 at No. 19 Notre Dame-16No. 19 Notre DameLost 7–14 vs. Syracuse-7SyracuseLost 7–31 at South Carolina-24South CarolinaWon 42–13 vs. Army+29Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atVirginiaL 16–⁠2757%
Sep 17atMississippi StateL 10–⁠3836%
Sep 24vsLehighW 30–⁠074%
Oct 1at18WashingtonL 10–⁠2728%
Oct 8vsAir ForceL 17–⁠4454%
Oct 15atPrincetonW 37–⁠2951%
Oct 22vsPittsburghL 14–⁠2129%
Oct 29at19Notre DameL 12–⁠2819%
Nov 5vsSyracuseL 7–⁠1458%
Nov 12atSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠3132%
Nov 25vsArmyW 42–⁠1357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Army 42–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

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 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanNapoleon McCallum, RB

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
202–⁠272
Coach
Gary Tranquill
Elo
1425 −102 this season
SP+ rating
-15.0 No. 96 of 108; offense No. 95, defense No. 82
SRS
−8.3 No. 84 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Jeff Johnson and Andy Ponseigo