1987 Navy Midshipmen football team

1987 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1987 record	2–9
Head coach	Elliott Uzelac (1st season)
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1987 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–				12	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Syracuse		–		–				11	–	0	–	1
No. 2 Florida State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Notre Dame		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
West Virginia		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Akron		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Temple		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by first-year head coach Elliott Uzelac.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12		William & Mary	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 12–27
September 19		Lehigh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 9–24
September 26		North Carolina	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–45
October 3	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 11–31	35,000
October 10		Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 13–23	35,622
October 17		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 38–28
October 24		Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–10	29,167
October 31		at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 13–56	59,075
November 7		Syracuse	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 10–34
November 14		at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 31–22	23,100
December 5		vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 3–17
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1987 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 69 Bennett, BruceBruce Bennett 7.0 !Sr RB Bradley, JamesJames Bradley OG Brennan, JoeJoe Brennan T Brunn, TimTim Brunn C 53 Felt, MattMatt Felt 7.0 !Sr QB 16 Grizzard, AltonAlton Grizzard 1.0 !Fr RB Holl, DonDon Holl WR 91 Hughes, DonDon Hughes 7.0 !Sr WR Neumann, JonJon Neumann RB 38 Smith, ChuckChuck Smith (C) 7.0 !Sr WR 2 Stackhouse, ClayClay Stackhouse TE 87 Voss, KevinKevin Voss 5.0 !Jr RB Vitelli, JoeJoe Vitelli	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 4 Chatfield, JimJim Chatfield DB 22 Day, PaulPaul Day 5.0 !Jr DL 82 Jones, RonRon Jones 5.0 !Jr DL Lowe, DavidDavid Lowe DB Irby, CurtisCurtis Irby DB LaRocca, BartBart LaRocca DB Milo, MikeMike Milo DL 64 Musser, MikeMike Musser (C) 7.0 !Sr LB Pimpo, MarkMark Pimpo LB Worthington, RayRay Worthington	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 99 Fundoukas, TedTed Fundoukas 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Elliot Uzelac Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Army

See also: 1987 Army Cadets football team

Army Cadets (4–6) vs. Navy Midshipmen (2–8) 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 0 0 3 3 Army 3 0 0 14 17 at Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date: December 5 Game time: 2:00 p.m. EDT Game attendance: 68,000 Game information Navy Alton Grizzard 3/5, 59 Yds 17 Rush, 53 Yds Don Hughes 2 Rec, 49 Yds Army Tory Crawford 2/4, 22 Yds Mike Mayweather 25 Rush, 119 Yds Andy Peterson 1 Rec, 11 Yds Ben Barnett 1 Rec, 11 Yds

Starting offensive lineman Matt Felt and Joe Brennan were held out of the game due to what head coach Elliot Uzelac called "an administrative matter not related to football".

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score Plays Yards TOP NAVY ARMY 1 Army 40-yard field goal by Bit Rambusch 0 3 4 Army Andy Peterson 1-yard touchdown run, Bit Rambusch kick good 0 10 4 5:01 Navy 30-yard field goal by Ted Fundoukas 3 10 4 Army Tory Crawford 7-yard touchdown run, Bit Rambusch kick good 3 17 "TOP" = Time of Possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 3 17