Navy at Duke
Saturday, November 16, 1963 Share
No. 2 Navy beat Duke 38–25. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Navy led the series 10–5–5.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 25°FAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1963, page 89
Read the text
Middies OutIast Duke 1926 Sails 93-Yard Run Wraps Up Victory DURHAM. N. c. Nov. 16-John safs 93-ysrd touchdown the longest in Naval Academy history, cmaxed i’m probable afternoon in Duke Stadium today Navy rolled its eighth victory Of the with 1925 baerng the Blue Devils touchdown off-acke burst was the only score
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
On the newsreel
- NAVY BARRAGE SINKS DUKE, 38 to 25A hopped up Navy team, out after its first victory over Duke since 1954, is sparked by Roger Staubach, as he paces the middie with a great passing game.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Navy 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Duke gameNavy leads 20–15–5 in 40 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.
| 2013 | Duke 35, Navy 7 | |
| 2010 | Duke 34, Navy 31 | |
| 2008 | Duke 41, Navy 31 | |
| 2007 | Navy 46, Duke 43 | |
| 2006 | Navy 38, Duke 13 | |
| 2005 | Navy 28, Duke 21 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gamevs. ArmyDec. 7, 1963
- SeasonNavy in 1963
- ProgramNavy history and records
Duke
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 28, 1963
- SeasonDuke in 1963
- ProgramDuke history and records