Army vs. Stanford

Army and Stanford have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Stanford leads the series 7–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Stanford has won the last 2. Share

Army wins: 5
Stanford wins: 7
Ties: 0
Earliest on file: 1928
Longest streak: 2 Stanford
Current streak: 2 Stanford
Last 10 meetings: even at 5–⁠5
Most recent: 2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1920s											0–⁠2
1940s											1–⁠0
1950s											1–⁠0
1960s											1–⁠1
1970s											2–⁠2
2010s											0–⁠2

Average margin: 21.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army: 3–⁠3 Army’s record at home
At Stanford: 4–⁠2 Stanford’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 win1948: Army 43, Stanford 0by 43 points
Stanford’s biggest win1975: Stanford 67, Army 14by 53 points
Upset1979: Army 17, Stanford 13Army had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1928: Stanford 26, Army 0Stanford had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1976: Army 21, Stanford 20Army had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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

1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 2, 1928
1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 29, 1929
1948 · Evening star, Nov 9, 1948

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.

Photos

Stanford 35 Army 0Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2014 game
Stanford 35 Army 0Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2014 game
Stanford 35 Army 0Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2014 game
Stanford 35 Army 0Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 2014 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 13, 2014	15Stanford 35, Army 0	at Stanford
Sep 14, 2013	5Stanford 34, Army 20	at Army
Sep 22, 1979	Army 17, Stanford 13	at Stanford
Oct 2, 1976	Army 21, Stanford 20	at Army
Oct 4, 1975	Stanford 67, Army 14	at Stanford
Sep 18, 1971	13Stanford 38, Army 3	at Army
Oct 28, 1967	Army 24, Stanford 20	at Army
Oct 23, 1965	Stanford 31, Army 14	at Stanford
Nov 18, 1950	3Army 7, Stanford 0	at Stanford
Nov 6, 1948	4Army 43, Stanford 0	at Army
Dec 28, 1929	Stanford 34, Army 13	at Stanford
Dec 1, 1928	Stanford 26, Army 0	at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.