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1985 Navy

4–⁠7, coached by Gary Tranquill.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1985, game by game: lost vs. North Carolina 19–21; lost at Delaware 13–16; lost at Indiana 35–38; won at No. 20 Virginia 17–13; lost vs. No. 13 Air Force 7–24; won vs. Lafayette 56–14; won vs. Pittsburgh 21–7; lost at Notre Dame 17–41; lost vs. Syracuse 20–24; lost at South Carolina 31–34; won vs. Army 17–7+42−24Lost 19–21 vs. North Carolina-2North CarolinaLost 13–16 at Delaware-3DelawareLost 35–38 at Indiana-3IndianaWon 17–13 at No. 20 Virginia+4No. 20 VirginiaLost 7–24 vs. No. 13 Air Force-17No. 13 Air ForceWon 56–14 vs. Lafayette+42LafayetteWon 21–7 vs. Pittsburgh+14PittsburghLost 17–41 at Notre Dame-24Notre DameLost 20–24 vs. Syracuse-4SyracuseLost 31–34 at South Carolina-3South CarolinaWon 17–7 vs. Army+10Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsNorth CarolinaL 19–⁠2149%
Sep 14atDelawareL 13–⁠1654%
Sep 21atIndianaL 35–⁠3851%
Sep 28at20VirginiaW 17–⁠1321%
Oct 12vs13Air ForceL 7–⁠2429%
Oct 19vsLafayetteW 56–⁠1477%
Oct 26vsPittsburghW 21–⁠739%
Nov 2atNotre DameL 17–⁠4128%
Nov 9vsSyracuseL 20–⁠2446%
Nov 16atSouth CarolinaL 31–⁠3436%
Dec 7vsArmyW 17–⁠730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Army 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 90th-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 1985.

Consensus All-AmericanNapoleon McCallum, RB

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
253–⁠239
Coach
Gary Tranquill
Elo
1482 +17 this season
SP+ rating
2.1 No. 51 of 106; offense No. 57, defense No. 52
SRS
2.5 No. 51 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Eric Fudge and Napoleon McCallum

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 4Napoleon McCallum RBLos Angeles Raiders