navy football team navy football team represented college football season team football squad represent time school participated consecutive seasons squad captained member team played single game shutout loss school loss squad approval academy staff regarded official game played season continued seven season game rivalry prelude football game played november scarlet knights known game mixture rugby soccer teams scoring kicking ball opponent net game slowly developed new safer rules added early 1870s number schools participating sport grew expansion princeton dominated game declared champion times years yale team came close princeton awarded championship designations period football team fielded squad entirely student operated receiving official support officials team entirely funded members fellow students team participated game resulted scoreless tie played likely unused drill field campus navy field football team likely lack support football returned academy squad led player coach won match starting seven year rivalry schools schedule season summary navy team played game season squad captained squad receive approval faculty previously squad operated entirely students game played november thanksgiving day likely unused drill field parade field game began heat discussion light weight controlling endurance muscle team tensions game quickly escalated middle game matters grew hot players preparing stop playing scored single point shutout navy winning game ended quarrel postseason aftermath postseason college football game played establishment east west tournament game later known rose bowl participate rose bowl season went tied washington match result lack competition postseason games played season according statistics compiled college football research center yale declared season champion giving ninth championship overall loss school history ended team shutout streak seasons shutout season defeated season continued seven season game long rivalry navy win games game win officially started playing football considered season played according school athletic department navy finish 1880s winning seasons overall record school opponents finish 19th century overall record
1883 Navy Midshipmen football team