navy football team navy football team represented college football season team fourth football squad represent marked time school played multiple game season squad captained year began victory followed close losses reserves squad season continued seven season game rivalry began game seven year rivalry prelude according biographer evidence form football came school cadets lost interest game shortly afterward football team fielded squad entirely student operated receiving official support officials team entirely funded members fellow students team participated game resulted scoreless tie played apparently academy superintendent cow pasture navy field football team lack support officials football returned academy squad led player coach won match starting seven year rivalry schools season resulted navy loss defeat navy returned favor following year defeating close game schedule season summary scheduled games season breaking tradition playing according football shed clothes autumn rolled faculty actually gave admitted football interesting diversion squad allowed schedule games played located game kicked brief rivalry conclude navy winning eighteen contests match victory second game season annual thanksgiving day match winning previous year navy fell season concluded challenging princeton freshman team game ended shutout loss navy players team thirteen players different positions squad consisted seven quarterback 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 princeton declared season champion season brought navy overall win loss record brought academy record tie season marked time team play multiple game season schedule expanded games continued grow subsequent years worst single season record academy went navy finish 1880s winning seasons overall record school opponents finish 19th century overall record
1885 Navy Midshipmen football team