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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–4 |
- 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
- Army’s biggest win1913: Army 29, Rutgers 0by 29 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win2002: Rutgers 44, Army 0by 44 points
- Upset1891: Rutgers 27, Army 6Rutgers had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Army | Series | Rutgers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–1972 | Thomas Cahill | 5–0 | John Bateman |
| 1980–1982 | Ed Cavanaugh | 0–3 | Frank Burns |
| 1984–1989 | Jim Young | 3–3 | Dick Anderson |
| 1991–1994 | Bob Sutton | 0–4 | Doug Graber |
| 1996–1998 | Bob Sutton | 2–1 | Terry Shea |
| 2009–2011 | Rich Ellerson | 0–3 | Greg 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
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: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

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

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

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

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, 2015 | Rutgers 31, Army 21 | at Army | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 | 24Rutgers 28, Army 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 12, 2011 | Rutgers 27, Army 12 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 16, 2010 | Rutgers 23, Army 20 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 23, 2009 | Rutgers 27, Army 10 | at Army | ||
| Nov 22, 2008 | Rutgers 30, Army 3 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 9, 2007 | Rutgers 41, Army 6 | at Army | ||
| Sep 13, 2003 | Rutgers 36, Army 21 | at Army | ||
| Sep 14, 2002 | Rutgers 44, Army 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 26, 1998 | Rutgers 27, Army 15 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 18, 1997 | Army 37, Rutgers 35 | at Army | ||
| Oct 12, 1996 | Army 42, Rutgers 21 | at Army | ||
| Oct 8, 1994 | Rutgers 16, Army 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 16, 1993 | Rutgers 45, Army 38 | at Army | ||
| Oct 17, 1992 | Rutgers 45, Army 10 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 5, 1991 | Rutgers 14, Army 12 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 3, 1990 | Army 35, Rutgers 31 | at Army | ||
| Oct 28, 1989 | Army 35, Rutgers 14 | at Army | ||
| Oct 22, 1988 | Army 34, Rutgers 24 | at Army | ||
| Oct 24, 1987 | Rutgers 27, Army 14 | at Army | ||
| Oct 25, 1986 | Rutgers 35, Army 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 21, 1985 | Army 20, Rutgers 16 | at Army | ||
| Oct 13, 1984 | Rutgers 14, Army 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 8, 1983 | Army 20, Rutgers 12 | at Army | ||
| Oct 9, 1982 | Rutgers 24, Army 3 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 10, 1981 | Rutgers 17, Army 0 | at Army | ||
| Nov 1, 1980 | Rutgers 37, Army 21 | at Army | ||
| Nov 10, 1979 | Rutgers 20, Army 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 21, 1972 | Army 35, Rutgers 28 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 6, 1971 | Army 30, Rutgers 17 | at Army | ||
| Oct 19, 1968 | Army 24, Rutgers 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 21, 1967 | Army 14, Rutgers 3 | at Army | ||
| Oct 15, 1966 | Army 14, Rutgers 9 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 16, 1965 | Army 23, Rutgers 6 | at Army | ||
| Oct 10, 1914 | Army 13, Rutgers 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 11, 1913 | Army 29, Rutgers 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 12, 1912 | Army 19, Rutgers 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 14, 1911 | Army 18, Rutgers 0 | at Army | ||
| Nov 7, 1900 | Army 23, Rutgers 0 | at Army | ||
| Nov 14, 1891 | Rutgers 27, Army 6 | at Army |
Every game is listed as played on the field.