Army vs. Duke

Army and Duke have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1944; Duke leads the series 14–⁠11–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Duke 7–⁠3.

Army wins
11
Duke wins
14
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1944
Longest streak
6 Army
Current streak
1 Duke
Last 10 meetings
Duke 7–⁠3
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s3–⁠0
1950s3–⁠0
1960s1–⁠2
1970s0–⁠2–⁠1
1980s1–⁠1
1990s1–⁠5
2000s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠3
Both ranked
3 meetings: Army 3, Duke 0
Average margin
14.2 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
4–⁠7–⁠1 Army’s record at home
At Duke
7–⁠3 Duke’s record at home
Neutral sites
4–⁠0 Army first
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1945: Army 48, Duke 13by 35 points
  2. Duke’s biggest win2015: Duke 44, Army 3by 41 points
  3. Upset1953: Army 14, Duke 13Army had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1967: Duke 10, Army 7Duke had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1997: Duke 20, Army 17Duke had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1946: Army 19, Duke 0No. 13 Duke at No. 1 Army
  7. Ranked showdown1945: Army 48, Duke 13No. 19 Duke at No. 1 Army
  8. Ranked showdown1954: Army 28, Duke 14No. 18 Army at No. 6 Duke

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesDuke
1994–⁠1997Bob Sutton1–⁠3Fred Goldsmith
2015–⁠2018Jeff Monken1–⁠3David Cutcliffe

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Duke, 1944 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 30, 1944

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: ONLY DUKE SCORES GAINED ON CADETS SUB F00TBALLERS Blood Is Drawn By Service Eleven On First Play OF Contest

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 28, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Cadets Hold at Inch-Line To Preserve 74-73 Win

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Alabama Passes Whip Vols no. Arkansas Downs Texas 207 Underdog Army Stuns Duke, 1914, to Spoil Clear Record

    1954 · Evening star, Oct 17, 1954

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.

Photos

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

Every game

Aug 31, 2018Duke 34, Army 14at Duke
Nov 11, 2017Army 21, Duke 16at Army
Oct 8, 2016Duke 13, Army 6at Duke
Oct 10, 2015Duke 44, Army 3at Army
Sep 25, 2010Army 35, Duke 21at Duke
Sep 12, 2009Duke 35, Army 19at Army
Sep 20, 1997Duke 20, Army 17at Duke
Sep 21, 1996Army 35, Duke 17at Army
Sep 16, 1995Duke 23, Army 21at Army
Sep 15, 1994Duke 43, Army 7at Duke
Sep 18, 1993Duke 42, Army 21at Duke
Oct 6, 1990Duke 17, Army 16at Army
Oct 7, 1989Duke 35, Army 29at Duke
Sep 29, 1984Army 13, Duke 9at Army
Oct 6, 1979Army 17, Duke 17at Army
Oct 11, 1975Duke 21, Army 10at Army
Oct 12, 1974Duke 33, Army 14at Duke
Oct 26, 1968Army 57, Duke 25at Army
Oct 7, 1967Duke 10, Army 7at Army
Oct 24, 1964Duke 6, Army 0at Army
Oct 17, 1959Army 21, Duke 6at Duke
Oct 16, 195418Army 28, 6Duke 14at Duke
Oct 17, 1953Army 14, 7Duke 13Neutral site
Oct 26, 19461Army 19, 13Duke 0Neutral site
Oct 27, 19451Army 48, 19Duke 13Neutral site
Oct 28, 19442Army 27, Duke 7Neutral site

Every game is listed as played on the field.