Army vs. Holy Cross

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

1. Army’s biggest win1994: Army 49, Holy Cross 3by 46 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win1978: Holy Cross 31, Army 0by 31 points
3. Upset1986: Holy Cross 17, Army 14Holy Cross had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1987: Holy Cross 34, Army 24Holy Cross had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2002: Holy Cross 30, Army 21Holy Cross had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Daly 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Kelly). 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.

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  1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 25, 1914

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  1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 3, 1915

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  1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 15, 1916

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  1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 5, 1919

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.

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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

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.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Holy Cross vs. Colgate67 meetings, Holy Cross 30–⁠32–⁠5
• Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth60 meetings, Holy Cross 25–⁠31–⁠4
• Holy Cross vs. Harvard57 meetings, Holy Cross 16–⁠40–⁠1
• Holy Cross vs. Boston College55 meetings, Holy Cross 19–⁠36