1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1985 Navy Midshipmen football
1985 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7
Head coach	Gary Tranquill (4th season);
Captains	Eric Fudge; Napoleon McCallum;
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

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]

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7		North Carolina	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 19–21	26,394	^[3]
September 14		at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 13–16	23,110
September 21		at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 35–38	35,610
September 28		at No. 20 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 17–13	44,000	^[4]
October 12		No. 13 Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)		L 7–24	35,663
October 19		Lafayette	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 56–14	28,402	^[5]
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 21–7	29,343
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–41	59,075
November 9		Syracuse	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 20–24	25,049
November 16		at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 31–34	69,542	^[6]
December 5	2:30 p.m.	vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 17–7
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

North Carolina

At Delaware

At Indiana

At Virginia

Air Force

Lafayette

Pittsburgh

At Notre Dame

Syracuse

At South Carolina

vs Army

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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	7	0	0	10	17
Army	7	0	0	0	7

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date: December 7, 1985
Game time: 2:30 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 71,640
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian
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Game information

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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Personnel

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
RB	John Berner
OL	Frank Bijak
QB	Bill Byrne	Jr
OL	Chris Castelli
OL	Pat Hoffman
WR	Anthony Hollinger
TE	Kenneth Kmiec
WR	John Lobb
RB	Napoleon McCallum (C)	RSr
RB	John McKenna
OL	Mark Miller
QB	Bob Misch
WR	Mike Ray
WR	Troy Saunders
TE	Gregory Schildmeyer
RB	Chuck Smith
RB	Mike Smith
TE	John Sniffen
OL	Vic Tuttle

Defense

Pos.	Name	Class
DB	Steve Brady
DB	John Carroll
LB	Tom Doman
LB	Jim Dwyer
DB	Marc Firlie
DL	Eric Fudge (C)	Sr
DL	Dirk MacFarlane
LB	Vince McBeth
DB	Tom Metzger
DB	Mike Milo
DL	Mike Musser
DL	Dave Pimpo
DL	Bob Plantz
DL	Kent Van Horn
DL	Chad Van Hulzen

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Andy Mueck
P		Scott Quinlan
K		Todd Solomon

Head coach

Gary Tranquill

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Awards

Napoleon McCallum – Heisman Trophy voting (7th)

References

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