Pre-Goal History1966-1978
I had to sit out one year per NCAA rules after transferring from USNA to Juniata College. I spotted games in the press box in 1976.
No. Date Results Site
01 10/15/1966 Colgate 7 Princeton 0 Palmer Stadium NJ
02 09/??/1970 Montclair 21 E. Stroudsburg 12 Sprague Field, Montclair, NJ 03 10/??/1970 Montclair 47 Trenton St 0 Sprague Field, Montclair, NJ
04 12/02/1972 Army 23 Navy 15 JFK Stadium PA
05 11/00/1973 Juniata(2) 35 Bridgeport^ 14 Bridgeport CT 06 09/14/1974 Navy 35 Virginia 28 Navy-MC Stadium MD
07 10/05/1974 Boston College 37 Navy 0 Navy-MC Stadium MD
08 10/26/1974 Pittsburgh 13 Navy 11 Navy- MC Stadium MD 09 11/02/1974 Notre Dame(6) 14 Navy 6 Veteran Stadium PA 10 11/09/1974 Navy 28 The Citadel 21 Navy-MC Stadium MD
11 11/30/1974 Navy 19 Army 0 JFK Stadium PA
12 09/20/1975 Navy 55 Connecticut 7 Navy-MC Stadium MD
13 10/04/1975 Navy 17 Air Force 0 RFK Stadium DC 14 10/11/1975 Navy 10 Syracuse 6 Navy-MC Stadium MD
15 11/29/1975 Navy 30 Army 6 JFK Stadium PA
16 09/00/1976 Juniata 38 Indiana (PA) 21 Huntingdon PA
17 09/00/1976 Albright 15 Juniata 13 Huntingdon PA
18 10/00/1976 Juniata 20 Gettysburg 3 Huntingdon PA
19 10/00/1977 Albright Juniata Reading PA
20 10/14/1977 Pennsylvania 42 Lafayette 7 Franklin Field PA
21 11/05/1977 Syracuse 45 Navy 34 Navy-MC Stadium MD
22 10/21/1978 Navy 9 Wm & Mary 0 Navy-MC Stadium MD
23 11/04/1978 Notre Dame(7) 27 Navy 7 Cleveland Mun. OH
24 11/18/1978 Auburn 22 Georgia (16) 22 Jordan-Hare AL
In 1978, we got to roll Toomer’s Corner with our Auburn friend Charlie Murren. Auburn tied Georgia, 22-22, for our only D1 stalemate. Read about the “Culture Shock” experienced in our book, “Tales from the Tailgate.”
Italics indicate first time seen by CFF.
^ indicates a discontinued program.
As you can probably tell, some of this is based on vague memories.