Army vs. Rutgers

Army and Rutgers have 40 meetings on file, the first in 1891; Rutgers leads the series 22–⁠18 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 10–⁠0, and Rutgers has won the last 10.

Army wins
18
Rutgers wins
22
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1891
Longest streak
11 Army
Current streak
10 Rutgers
Last 10 meetings
Rutgers 10–⁠0
Most recent
2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠0
1910s4–⁠0
1960s4–⁠0
1970s2–⁠1
1980s4–⁠6
1990s3–⁠5
2000s0–⁠5
2010s0–⁠4
Average margin
15.9 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
15–⁠9 Army’s record at home
At Rutgers
12–⁠3 Rutgers’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Army first
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1913: Army 29, Rutgers 0by 29 points
  2. Rutgers’s biggest win2002: Rutgers 44, Army 0by 44 points
  3. Upset1891: Rutgers 27, Army 6Rutgers had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesRutgers
1966–⁠1972Thomas Cahill5–⁠0John Bateman
1980–⁠1982Ed Cavanaugh0–⁠3Frank Burns
1984–⁠1989Jim Young3–⁠3Dick Anderson
1991–⁠1994Bob Sutton0–⁠4Doug Graber
1996–⁠1998Bob Sutton2–⁠1Terry Shea
2009–⁠2011Rich Ellerson0–⁠3Greg Schiano

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Cahill 5–⁠0 against Bateman). 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 Rutgers, 1891 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Ray Rice Rutgers34 carries, 243 yards, 2 TD2007 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1911 game: PRACTICE FOR WEST POINT Soldiers Defeat Rutgers Easily, with Substitute Team at End.

    1911 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 15, 1911

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story of the 1912 game: Rutgers Is Downed by West Point Men

    1912 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Oct 13, 1912

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1913 game: GEORGETOWN GOULD NOT STOP M|DDIES Put Up Plucky Fight But Lost by Score Of e to 0. RUTGERS EASY FOR ARMY. St. Johns Cadets Had Success With Forward Pass But Bow To Wash ington and Lee, l9 To

    1913 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Oct 13, 1913

  • The Harrisburg telegraph's story of the 1914 game: Football Scores and Records of Saturday

    1914 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 12, 1914

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 21, 2015Rutgers 31, Army 21at Army
Nov 10, 201224Rutgers 28, Army 7at Rutgers
Nov 12, 2011Rutgers 27, Army 12Neutral site
Oct 16, 2010Rutgers 23, Army 20at Rutgers
Oct 23, 2009Rutgers 27, Army 10at Army
Nov 22, 2008Rutgers 30, Army 3at Rutgers
Nov 9, 2007Rutgers 41, Army 6at Army
Sep 13, 2003Rutgers 36, Army 21at Army
Sep 14, 2002Rutgers 44, Army 0at Rutgers
Sep 26, 1998Rutgers 27, Army 15at Rutgers
Oct 18, 1997Army 37, Rutgers 35at Army
Oct 12, 1996Army 42, Rutgers 21at Army
Oct 8, 1994Rutgers 16, Army 14at Rutgers
Oct 16, 1993Rutgers 45, Army 38at Army
Oct 17, 1992Rutgers 45, Army 10at Rutgers
Oct 5, 1991Rutgers 14, Army 12at Rutgers
Nov 3, 1990Army 35, Rutgers 31at Army
Oct 28, 1989Army 35, Rutgers 14at Army
Oct 22, 1988Army 34, Rutgers 24at Army
Oct 24, 1987Rutgers 27, Army 14at Army
Oct 25, 1986Rutgers 35, Army 7at Rutgers
Sep 21, 1985Army 20, Rutgers 16at Army
Oct 13, 1984Rutgers 14, Army 7at Rutgers
Oct 8, 1983Army 20, Rutgers 12at Army
Oct 9, 1982Rutgers 24, Army 3at Rutgers
Oct 10, 1981Rutgers 17, Army 0at Army
Nov 1, 1980Rutgers 37, Army 21at Army
Nov 10, 1979Rutgers 20, Army 0at Rutgers
Oct 21, 1972Army 35, Rutgers 28at Rutgers
Nov 6, 1971Army 30, Rutgers 17at Army
Oct 19, 1968Army 24, Rutgers 0at Rutgers
Oct 21, 1967Army 14, Rutgers 3at Army
Oct 15, 1966Army 14, Rutgers 9at Rutgers
Oct 16, 1965Army 23, Rutgers 6at Army
Oct 10, 1914Army 13, Rutgers 0at Army
Oct 11, 1913Army 29, Rutgers 0at Army
Oct 12, 1912Army 19, Rutgers 0at Army
Oct 14, 1911Army 18, Rutgers 0at Army
Nov 7, 1900Army 23, Rutgers 0at Army
Nov 14, 1891Rutgers 27, Army 6at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.