Navy football
| Navy Midshipmen football | |||
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| First season | 1879 | ||
| Athletic director | Chet Gladchuk | ||
| Head coach |
Ken Niumatalolo 9th year, 77–41 (.653) |
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| Other staff | Ivin Jasper (OC) Dale Pehrson (DC) |
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| Stadium | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 34,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Annapolis, Maryland | ||
| Conference | The American | ||
| Division | West | ||
| All-time record | 700–549–57 (.558) | ||
| Bowl record | 10–10–1 (.500) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 1 (1926) | ||
| Heisman winners | 2 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 23 | ||
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| Colors | Navy Blue and Gold |
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| Fight song | Anchors Aweigh | ||
| Mascot | Bill the Goat | ||
| Marching band | United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps | ||
| Rivals |
Army Black Knights Air Force Falcons Maryland Terrapins Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
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| Website | NavySports.com | ||
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football. The Naval Academy completed its final season as an FBS independent school (not in a conference) in 2014, and became a single-sport member of the American Athletic Conference beginning in the 2015 season. The team has been coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007. Navy has 19 players and three coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame and won the college football national championship in 1926 according to the Boand and Houlgate poll systems. The 1910 team also was undefeated and unscored upon (the lone tie was a 0–0 game). The mascot is Bill the Goat.
The Navy-Army Game, played annually on the last weekend of the college football regular season in early December, pits the football teams of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (Army) against the Navy Midshipmen. It is one of the most traditional and enduring rivalries in college football, and is televised every year by CBS. It was in the 1963 Army–Navy game that instant replay made its television debut.
This game has always had inter-service "bragging rights" at stake; in past decades, when both Army and Navy were often national powers, the game occasionally had national championship implications. However, as top-level college football has developed and grown, the high academic entrance requirements, height and weight limits, and the military commitment required of West Point and Annapolis graduates has reduced the overall competitiveness of both academies in comparison with other football programs.
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