Army vs. Maine

Army and Maine first met in 1914 and have played 4 times; Army leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Army 4–⁠0, and Army has won the last 4.

Army wins
4
Maine wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
4 Army
Current streak
4 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 4–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s4–⁠0
Average margin
18 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
4–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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 Maine, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Washington times's story of the 1914 game: NAVY FEELS BETTER AT TER COLBY GAME Coaches; Seeing Army Meet Maine, Believe Middies Have Chance of Victory.

    1914 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: OLIPHANT RUNS WILD IN GAME WITH MAINE Army Star Scores II Points Himself and Mates Boost Total Up to "a.

    1915 · The sun, New York, Nov 14, 1915

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1916 game: MAINE PROVES EASY VICTIM OF ARMY SUBS Oliphant and Vidal Star for Soldiers in Dull Game Won by IL to 3 Score

    1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 12, 1916

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: ARMY HELD DOWN BY MAINE ELEVEN West Point Football Team Is Able to Score Only One Touchdown. FINE DEFENSIVE WORK Down Fasteners Show Their Strength When Cadets Carry Ball in Danger Zone.

    1919 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 19, 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.

Every game

Oct 18, 1919Army 6, Maine 0at Army
Nov 11, 1916Army 17, Maine 3at Army
Nov 13, 1915Army 24, Maine 0at Army
Nov 14, 1914Army 28, Maine 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.