1985_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season


The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1][2]

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North Carolina

At Delaware

At Indiana

At Virginia

Air Force

Lafayette

Pittsburgh

At Notre Dame

Syracuse

At South Carolina

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Army Cadets (8–2) vs. Navy Midshipmen (3–7)

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With Vice President and former Navy pilot George Bush in attendance, Napoleon McCallum rushed for 217 yards, the second-most rushing yards by a Navy player against Army, and broke the NCAA single-season all-purpose yardage record of Pitt's Tony Dorsett.[8]

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References

  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 195. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. "Failed conversion dooms Navy, 21–19". The Baltimore Sun. September 8, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Midshipmen sink No. 20 UVa, 17–13". Wichita Falls Times. September 29, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Meixell, Ted (October 20, 1985). "Navy Dominates Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Gamecocks hold on to sink Navy". The Sun-News. November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "In a Farewell Appearance, McCallum Stuns Army." Washington Post. 1985 Dec 08. Retrieved 2019-Jan-28.
  8. "It's bon voyage for Navy's McCallum." Milwaukee Journal. 1985 Dec 8.
  9. "NAVY STUNS ARMY IN 17-7 UPSET". The New York Times. December 8, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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