1997 Navy Midshipmen football team

1997 Navy Midshipmen football

Conference	Independent
1997 record	7–4
Head coach	Charlie Weatherbie (3rd year)
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

1997 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Louisiana Tech			–			9	–	2
Navy			–			7	–	4
Notre Dame			–			7	–	6
UAB			–			5	–	6
UCF			–			5	–	6
Northeast Louisiana			–			5	–	7
Army			–			4	–	7
Arkansas State			–			2	–	9
Southwestern Louisiana			–			1	–	10

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by third-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA	L 31–45
September 13	Rutgers	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 36–7
September 20	at SMU	Cotton Bowl (stadium) • Dallas, TX (Rivalry)	W 46–16	20,011
September 27	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	L 17–26	17,370
October 11	Air Force	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 7–10
October 18	VMI	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 42–7
November 1	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	L 17–21	80,225
November 8	Temple	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 49–17
November 15	Colgate	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 52–24
November 22	Kent State	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 62–29
December 6	vs. Army	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Army-Navy game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 39–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

↑ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 195. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
↑ "Navy Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.

Navy Midshipmen football

Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)

Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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