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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. [2]
Since then, every April on the St. John’s lawn, thousands attend the annual croquet match between St. John's and the 28th Company [93] [94] of the Brigade of Midshipmen (originally the 34th Company before the Brigade was reduced to 30 companies). [95] As of 2017, the Midshipmen had a record of 7 wins and 28 losses to the St John's team. [96]
Keenan Reynolds (born December 13, 1994) [1] is an American former professional football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Navy Midshipmen as a quarterback, earning third-team All-American honors in 2015.
The Midshipmen defeated the Jays in 1928 and would share the USILA Gold Medal with Johns Hopkins, Maryland, and Rutgers. [3] The hiatus began with a relatively even series; Navy led 9–7–1. The two would reconcile in 1943 in Annapolis , before resuming the series in 1946 and playing annually from 1949 to 2017.
The Midshipmen subsequently won again in 2009, 2010 and 2016. Since 2011, the Rip Miller Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game. The trophy is named after Edgar "Rip" Miller , who played college football for Notre Dame and served as a longtime coach and administrator at Navy.
Navy Midshipman (and later Admiral) Joseph Mason Reeves wore what is widely regarded as the first football helmet in the 1893 Army–Navy Game. He had been advised by a Navy doctor that another kick to his head would result in intellectual disability or even death, so he commissioned an Annapolis shoemaker to make him a helmet out of leather.
The Midshipmen captured the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy in 2008, 2009 and 2012. They went on to capture the trophy outright in 2013, with a 34–7 win against Army, and recaptured it outright in 2015 with wins over Army and Air Force. The Midshipmen have 10 winning seasons during Niumatalolo's 10 full years as head coach.
In their fifth season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Midshipmen compiled a 2–6 record and outscored opponents by a combined score of 84 to 69. [1] The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 29 in Baltimore; Army won 12–0. The Midshipmen defeated Vermont 53–0, but were outscored 69–31 in their other seven games.