1979 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1979 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1][2]

1979 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record7–4
Head coach
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Florida State   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –  –   11 –1 –0
UNLV   –  –   9 –1 –2
No. 17 Temple   –  –   10 –2 –0
Tulane   –  –   9 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  –   8 –3 –0
East Carolina   –  –   7 –3 –1
No. 20 Penn State   –  –   8 –4 –0
South Carolina   –  –   8 –4 –0
Navy   –  –   7 –4 –0
Notre Dame   –  –   7 –4 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   6 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  –   7 –5 –0
Colgate   –  –   5 –4 –1
Boston College   –  –   5 –6 –0
Holy Cross   –  –   5 –6 –0
Memphis   –  –   5 –6 –0
Miami   –  –   5 –6 –0
North Texas State   –  –   5 –6 –0
Villanova   –  –   5 –6 –0
Virginia Tech   –  –   5 –6 –0
West Virginia   –  –   5 –6 –0
Georgia Tech   –  –   4 –6 –1
Louisville   –  –   4 –6 –1
William & Mary   –  –   4 –7 –0
Illinois State   –  –   3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  –   3 –8 –0
Army   –  –   2 –8 –1
Air Force   –  –   2 –9 –0
Cincinnati   –  –   2 –9 –0
Richmond   –  –   0 –11 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 15The Citadel
W 26–7
September 22Connecticut
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–10
September 29at Illinois
W 13–12
October 6Air Force
W 13–9
October 13vs. William & Mary
W 24–7
October 20VirginiaNo. 20
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 17–10
October 27at No. 12 PittsburghNo. 17
L 7–2451,332
November 3at No. 13 Notre Dame
L 0–1459,075
November 10Syracuse
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 14–30
November 17at Georgia Tech
L 14–24
December 1vs. Army
W 31–777,052
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Personnel
1979 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 65 Jerome Barker Sr
C 77 Rick Bott Sr
RB 22 Steve Callahan Jr
WR 86 Dave Dent Jr
OG 62 Tom Feldman Sr
QB 19 Mike Fitzgerald So
RB 25 Duane Flowers So
TE Curt Gainer
TE 83 Carl Hendershot Sr
RB 33 Larry Klawinski Sr
RB Chris Klein
OG 71 Frank McCallister Jr
TE 85 Matt McLaughlin Jr
FB 40 Eddie Meyers So
WR Troy Mitchell
TE Greg Papajohn So
QB 18 Bob Powers Sr
WR 31 Jon Ross So
RB 23 Mike Sherlock Jr
QB Mike Tarquinio
OT 61 John Taylor Sr
RB Kevin Tolbert
OL Richard Welch
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 73 Steve Chambers Jr
LB 69 Ted Dumbauld Jr
DB 14 John Foley So
DL Terry Huxel
LB 63 Mike Kronzer Jr
DL Mike Matthes
DT 76 John Merrill Sr
DB 66 Charlie Meyers Sr
DB 49 Gregg Milo Sr
DE 88 Hugh Nixon Sr
LB 55 Tom Paulk Sr
DB 26 Fred Reitzel Jr
DE 84 Charlie Thornton Sr
DL Reggie Trass
DB 36 Chuck Zingler Sr
DB Greg Zitterkopf
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 24 Steve Fehr So
K 11 Dave Guin Jr
P 81 Lex Lauletta Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Air Force

Navy had 107 yards of penalties but prevailed 13-9.[4]

vs. Army
See also: 1979 Army Cadets football team
Army Cadets (2–7–1) vs. Navy Midshipmen (6–4)
1 2 34Total
Navy 10 7 7731
Army 0 7 007

at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Navy evened all-time series at 37–37–6
  • Eddie Meyers set single game school rushing record

References
  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 194. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  4. Sports Illustrated. 1979 October 15.
  5. "Middies even series on Meyers' running." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Dec 02. Pg. 7E. Retrieved 2020-Dec-11.


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