Air Force vs. Washington

Air Force and Washington have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1963; Air Force leads the series 6–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Air Force 6–⁠2, and Air Force has won the last 3.

Air Force wins
6
Washington wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1963
Longest streak
3 Air Force
Current streak
3 Air Force
Last 10 meetings
Air Force 6–⁠2
Most recent
2005

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s3–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
1990s2–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
Average margin
14.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Air Force
1–⁠1 Air Force’s record at home
At Washington
1–⁠3 Washington’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠0 Air Force first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Air Force’s biggest win1998: Air Force 45, Washington 25by 20 points
  2. Washington’s biggest win1980: Washington 50, Air Force 7by 43 points
  3. Upset1966: Air Force 10, Washington 0Air Force had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsAir ForceSeriesWashington
1963–⁠1967Ben Martin3–⁠1Jim Owens

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Air Force’s side (Martin 3–⁠1 against Owens). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Air Force and Washington, 1963 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1963 game: SPORTS ROUNDUP Redskins Win; erps Routed

    1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 22, 1963

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.

Every game

Sep 3, 2005Air Force 20, Washington 17Neutral site
Sep 18, 1999Air Force 31, Washington 21at Washington
Dec 25, 199816Air Force 45, Washington 25Neutral siteOahu Bowl
Sep 13, 198019Washington 50, Air Force 7at Washington
Sep 30, 1967Washington 30, Air Force 7at Air Force
Sep 24, 1966Air Force 10, Washington 0at Washington
Sep 19, 1964Air Force 3, Washington 2at Washington
Sep 21, 1963Air Force 10, 10Washington 7at Air Force

Every game is listed as played on the field.