Army vs. Lafayette
Army and Lafayette have 20 meetings on file, the first in 1893; Army leads the series 19–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 10–0, and Army has won the last 18. Share
- Army wins
- 19
- Lafayette wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1893
- Longest streak
- 18 Army
- Current streak
- 18 Army
- Last 10 meetings
- Army 10–0
- Most recent
- 2018
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 21.4 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Army
- 19–1 Army’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Army’s biggest win1990: Army 56, Lafayette 0by 56 points
- Lafayette’s biggest win1940: Lafayette 19, Army 0by 19 points
Both programs through the years
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
1942 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1942
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
| Nov 10, 2018 | Army 31, Lafayette 13 | at Army | ||
| Oct 15, 2016 | Army 62, Lafayette 7 | at Army | ||
| Sep 13, 1997 | Army 41, Lafayette 14 | at Army | ||
| Nov 2, 1996 | Army 41, Lafayette 21 | at Army | ||
| Nov 13, 1993 | Army 35, Lafayette 12 | at Army | ||
| Oct 10, 1992 | Army 38, Lafayette 36 | at Army | ||
| Oct 20, 1990 | Army 56, Lafayette 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 21, 1989 | Army 34, Lafayette 20 | at Army | ||
| Oct 15, 1988 | Army 24, Lafayette 17 | at Army | ||
| Nov 14, 1987 | Army 49, Lafayette 37 | at Army | ||
| Nov 15, 1986 | Army 56, Lafayette 48 | at Army | ||
| Sep 18, 1982 | Army 26, Lafayette 20 | at Army | ||
| Sep 16, 1978 | Army 24, Lafayette 14 | at Army | ||
| Oct 22, 1977 | Army 42, Lafayette 6 | at Army | ||
| Sep 11, 1976 | Army 16, Lafayette 6 | at Army | ||
| Sep 14, 1974 | Army 14, Lafayette 7 | at Army | ||
| Oct 2, 1948 | Army 54, Lafayette 7 | at Army | ||
| Oct 3, 1942 | Army 14, Lafayette 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 26, 1940 | Lafayette 19, Army 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 7, 1893 | Army 36, Lafayette 0 | at Army |
Every game is listed as played on the field.