1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

1985 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	4–7
Head coach	Gary Tranquill (4th season)
Captain	Eric Fudge
Captain	Napoleon McCallum
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1985 Division I-A independents football records
	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		–		–				2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7		North Carolina	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 19–21
September 14		at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 13–16	23,110
September 21		at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 35–38
September 28		at No. 20 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 17–13
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
October 26		Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 21–7	29,343
November 2		at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		L 17–41	59,075
November 9		Syracuse	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 20–24
November 16		at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 31–34
December 5	2:30 p.m.	vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 17–7
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Byrne, BillBill Byrne 5.0 !Jr RB McCallum, NapoleonNapoleon McCallum (C) File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Fudge, EricEric Fudge (C) 7.0 !Sr DL MacFarlane, DirkDirk MacFarlane DL Pimpo, DaveDave Pimpo	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Solomon, ToddTodd Solomon	Head coach Gary Tranquill Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Army

See also: 1985 Army Cadets football team

Army Cadets vs. Navy Midshipmen 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 Game time: 2:30 p.m. EDT Game attendance: 71,640 TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian Game information Navy Napoleon McCallum 41 Rush, 217 Yds Army

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.

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score Plays Yards TOP NAVY ARMY 1 6:54 16 73 Navy Troy Saunders 13-yard touchdown reception from Bob Misch, Todd Solomon kick good 7 0 1 Army Clarence Jones 10-yard touchdown run, kick good 7 7 4 8:26 Navy Chuck Smith 5-yard touchdown run, Todd Solomon kick good 14 7 4 1:15 Navy 26-yard field goal by Todd Solomon 17 7 "TOP" = Time of Possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 7

Awards

• Napoleon McCallum – Heisman Trophy voting (7th)