1938 Navy Midshipmen football team

1938 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–2
Head coach	Hank Hardwick (2nd season)
Captain	Lucien Powell
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

1938 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hardin–Simmons			–					8	–	2	–	0
Roanoke			–					5	–	2	–	3
Western Maryland			–					5	–	2	–	1
Catholic University			–					5	–	3	–	0
George Washington			–					5	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	3	–	2
Virginia			–					4	–	4	–	1
West Virginia			–					4	–	5	–	1
Loyola (LA)			–					4	–	5	–	0
South Georgia Teachers			–					3	–	5	–	1
William & Mary Norfolk			–					3	–	5	–	1
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	2	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					2	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					2	–	8	–	0
East Carolina			–					1	–	6	–	1
Jacksonville State			–					1	–	6	–	1

The 1938 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Hank Hardwick, the Midshipmen compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 126 to 60.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	William & Mary	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0
October 1	VMI	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 26–0	20,000
October 8	Virginia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 33–0	22,251
October 15	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–9
October 22	Princeton	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 13–13
October 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0
November 5	No. 4 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–15	58,271
November 12	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–9	33,000
November 26	vs. Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–14
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game