Air Force vs. Navy

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Air Force’s biggest win1998: Air Force 49, Navy 7by 42 points
2. Navy’s biggest win1973: Navy 42, Air Force 6by 36 points
3. Upset1972: Navy 21, Air Force 17Navy had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2003: Navy 28, Air Force 25Navy had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1980: Air Force 21, Navy 20Air Force had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Air Force’s side (Martin 2–⁠3 against Welsh). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1960 · Evening star, Oct 16, 1960

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

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  The 2023 game

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  The 2023 game

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  The 2023 game

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  The 2023 game

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  The 2015 game

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  The 2015 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Air Force vs. Colorado State63 meetings, Air Force 40–⁠22–⁠1
• Air Force vs. Wyoming63 meetings, Air Force 32–⁠28–⁠3
• Air Force vs. Army60 meetings, Air Force 38–⁠21–⁠1
• Air Force vs. New Mexico42 meetings, Air Force 26–⁠16
• Navy vs. Army125 meetings, Navy 63–⁠55–⁠7
• Navy vs. Notre Dame98 meetings, Navy 13–⁠84–⁠1
• Navy vs. Pennsylvania47 meetings, Navy 21–⁠22–⁠4
• Navy vs. William & Mary42 meetings, Navy 35–⁠6–⁠1