Army vs. Florida

Army and Florida first met in 1923 and have played 3 times; Army leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Army 2–⁠1.

Army wins
2
Florida wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
2 Army
Current streak
1 Florida
Last 10 meetings
Army 2–⁠1
Most recent
1978

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1970s0–⁠1
Average margin
17 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
2–⁠0 Army’s record at home
At Florida
1–⁠0 Florida’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Florida, 1923 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: FLORIDA PUTS UP GREAT DEFENSE IN GAME WITH ARMY Gators Hold West Point ScoreIeSs In First Two Quarters

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 7, 1923

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

Oct 21, 1978Florida 31, Army 7at Florida
Nov 8, 1924Army 14, Florida 7at Army
Oct 6, 1923Army 20, Florida 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.