1888 Navy Midshipmen football team

1888 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGeorge Fermier
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown    4 2 0
Trinity (NC)    2 1 0
Virginia    2 1 0
Wake Forest    2 1 0
Johns Hopkins    6 5 0
Richmond    1 2 0
North Carolina    1 3 0
Navy    1 4 0
Gallaudet       
Randolph–Macon       
St. John's (MD)       

The 1888 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1888 college football season. The team compiled a 1–4 record and were outscored by its opponents 73 to 35. In the eighth installment of the Johns Hopkins–Navy football rivalry, Navy lost by a 25 to 12 score. In the final game of the 1888 season, the Midshipmen lost to St. John's College by a 22–6 score, with a brawl breaking out at the end of the game. The team captain was George Hayward.