1957 Navy Midshipmen football team explained

Year:1957
Team:Navy Midshipmen
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Coachrank:6
Aprank:5
Record:9–1–1
Head Coach:Eddie Erdelatz
Hc Year:8th
Captain:Ned Oldham
Stadium:Thompson Stadium
Champion:Eastern champion
Cotton Bowl champion
Bowl:Cotton Bowl Classic
Bowl Result:W 20–7 vs. Rice

The 1957 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1957 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz,[1] [2] the Midshipmen shut out No. 10 Army, 14–0, to end the regular season at 8–1–1; they were ranked fifth in the final polls, released in early December.[3]

In December, Navy won its third Lambert Trophy, an award for the season's best college football team in the East. The Middies had previously won the award in 1943 and 1954. Navy and the small-college winner of the Lambert Cup, Lehigh, were lauded as proof that a university could field a competitive football team without compromising its academic standards.[4]

Favored by a point,[5] Navy won the Cotton Bowl 20–7 over eighth-ranked Rice on New Year's Day.

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football History. United States Naval Academy. July 12, 2015. 192. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075720/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/navy/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/History-2014-Guide.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Navy Yearly Results (1955-1959). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. July 14, 2015. July 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715103330/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/navy/1955-1959_yearly_results.php. dead.
  3. News: Auburn voted national grid champs by AP . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . December 3, 1957 . 2B.
  4. News: Big Navy, L'il Lehigh Win Lambert Awards . Joe . Trimble . December 9, 1957 . 68 . . New York, N.Y.. .
  5. News: Sooners, Navy favored today . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . January 1, 1958 . 10.
  6. News: Cotton Bowl on TV . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . January 1, 1958 . 52.
  7. Web site: 2019 Football Media Guide . U.S. Naval Academy Athletics. 2019.