1991 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1991 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the program's fewest wins in a season since the winless 1948 squad.[1][2]

1991 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1991 record	1–10
Head coach	George Chaump (2nd season)
Captain	B. J. Mason Byron Ogden
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 East Carolina			–					11	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					11	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Penn State			–					11	–	2	–	0
No. 21 Tulsa			–					10	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Notre Dame			–					10	–	3	–	0
Akron			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis			–					5	–	6	–	0
Army			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati			–					4	–	7	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina			–					3	–	6	–	2
Southwestern Louisiana			–					2	–	8	–	1
Louisville			–					2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					2	–	9	–	0
Tulane			–					1	–	10	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	Ball State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 10–33
September 14	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 10–17
September 21	William & Mary	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 21–26	23,697
September 28	Bowling Green	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 19–22
October 12	Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 6–46	35,640
October 19	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 14–21
October 26	Delaware	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 25–29
November 2	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 0–38	59,075
November 9	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 7–34	23,322
November 23	Wake Forest	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 24–52	22,276
December 7	vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army-Navy game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 24–3
Homecoming

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Personnel

1991 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 David Anderson Sr OL Bill Bensch OG 79 Michael Davis Sr QB Brian Ellis TE Tony Gilless TE Kevin Hickman RB Duke Ingraham RB Billy James QB 15 Jim Kubiak Fr OT 59 Max Lane So WR 9 B.J. Mason (C) Sr QB 5 Jason Van Matre So C 67 Steve Palmer Sr WR Tom Pritchard WR Jimmy Screen RB Vinnie Smith FB 46 Brad Stramanak So OT 58 Blair Sokol So QB Joe Spencer QB, RB Jason Van Matre OG 65 Carl Voss Sr RB Jeff Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 71 Chris Alexander Sr DB 25 Chad Chatlos Jr DB 22 Chris Cordero Sr LB 40 Mark Ellis Jr DB Grover Favors DT 76 Robert Goodson Jr DB Chris Hart LB Steve Himelspach DT 90 Bob Kuberski Jr DB Mark McGinnis LB 55 Byron Ogden (C) Sr DL Dan Pidgeon DB Rodney Purifoy LB 62 David Shaw So DL Ches Snider DT 99 Steve Sterlitz DB 2 Bill Yancey Sr LB Javier Zuluga	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Tim Rogers KR Cleavon Smith	Head coach George Chaump Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Army

See also: 1991 Army Cadets football team and Army–Navy Game

Army Cadets (4–6) vs. Navy Midshipmen (0–10)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	0	14	0	10	24
Army	3	0	0	0	3

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: December 7, 1991
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 67,858
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Jack Arute
• New York Times. 1991 Dec 08.

Game information

First quarter ARMY – Patmon Malcolm 39-yard field goal. Army 3–0. Drive: 43 yards. Second quarter NAVY – Jason Van Matre 3-yard run (kick good). Navy 7–3. Drive: 76 yards. NAVY – Billy James 5-yard run (kick good). Navy 14–3. Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards. Fourth quarter NAVY – Kevin Hickman 12-yard pass from Jason Van Matre (kick good). Navy 21–3. Drive: NAVY – Tim Rogers 31-yard field goal. Navy 24–3. Drive: Top passers NAVY – Jim Kubiak – 13/16, 157 yards ARMY Top rushers NAVY – Jason Van Matre – 25 rushes, 89 yards, TD ARMY Top receivers NAVY ARMY

The Midshipmen managed to steal all four Army mules in the week prior to the game.

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 195. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
2. "Navy Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. 2011 Navy football media guide