1979 Navy Midshipmen football team

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The 1979 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach George Welsh, the Midshipmen compiled a record of 7–4.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Headcoach
Captains
  • Larry Klawinski
  • Tom Paulk
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1979 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Larry Klawinski
  • Tom Paulk
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1978
1980 
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1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Florida State   1110
No. 7 Pittsburgh   1110
UNLV   912
No. 17 Temple   1020
Tulane   930
Rutgers   830
Tennessee State   830
East Carolina   731
No. 20 Penn State   840
South Carolina   840
Navy   740
Notre Dame   740
Southern Miss   641
Syracuse   750
Colgate   541
Boston College   560
Holy Cross   560
Memphis State   560
Miami (FL)   560
North Texas State   560
Villanova   560
Virginia Tech   560
West Virginia   560
Georgia Tech   461
Louisville   461
William & Mary   470
Illinois State   380
Northeast Louisiana   380
Army   281
Air Force   290
Cincinnati   290
Richmond   0110
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15The CitadelW 26–717,835[2]
September 22Connecticut
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–1022,142[3]
September 29at IllinoisW 13–1253,825[4]
October 6Air Force
W 13–931,109[5]
October 13vs. William & MaryW 24–725,000[6]
October 20VirginiaNo. 20
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 17–1022,604[7]
October 27at No. 12 PittsburghNo. 17L 7–2451,332[8]
November 3at No. 13 Notre DameL 0–1459,075[9]
November 10Syracuse
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 14–3020,385[10]
November 17at Georgia TechL 14–2424,318[11]
December 1vs. ArmyW 31–777,052[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

Air Force

Navy had 107 yards of penalties but prevailed 13–9.[14]

Vs. Army

Army Cadets (2–7–1) vs. Navy Midshipmen (6–4)
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
Navy 10 7 7731
Army 0 7 007
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at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

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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
G 62 Tom Feldman Sr
QB 19 Mark Fitzgerald So
RB 25 Duane Flowers So
TE Curt Gainer
TE 83 Carl Hendershot Sr
RB 33 Larry Klawinski Sr
RB Chris Klein
G 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
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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