1938 Navy Midshipmen football team

1938 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1938 record	4–3–2
Head coach	Hank Hardwick (2nd season)
Captain	Lucien Powell
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons

1938 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Hardin–Simmons			–					8	–	2	–	0
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
St. Mary's (CA)			–					6	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	3	–	2
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Hank Hardwick, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 126 to 60.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 1	VMI	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 8	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 33–0
October 15	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–9
October 22	Princeton	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 13–13
October 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0
November 5	No. 4 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–15	58,271
November 12	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–9
November 26	vs. Army	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game