Army vs. Villanova

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

1. Army’s biggest win1944: Army 83, Villanova 0by 83 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win1951: Villanova 21, Army 7by 14 points
3. Upset1915: Villanova 16, Army 13Villanova had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1951: Villanova 21, Army 7Villanova had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1975: Villanova 10, Army 0Villanova had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Blaik 6–⁠0 against Olivar). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1908 · Los Angeles herald, California, Nov 22, 1908

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  1910 · New-York tribune, Nov 13, 1910

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  1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 1, 1914

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  1915 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1915

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  1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 29, 1916

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.

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  The 2022 game

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  The 2022 game

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  The 2022 game

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  The 2022 game

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

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1