Army vs. Washington and Lee
Army and Washington and Lee first met in 1916 and have played 3 times; Army leads the series 3–0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Army 3–0, and Army has won the last 3. Share
- Army wins
- 3
- Washington and Lee wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 3 Army
- Current streak
- 3 Army
- Last 10 meetings
- Army 3–0
- Most recent
- 1947
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 29 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Army
- 3–0 Army’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
1916 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 8, 1916
1936 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1936
1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 2, 1947
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 1, 1947 | 10Army 65, Washington and Lee 13 | at Army | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Army 28, Washington and Lee 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 7, 1916 | Army 14, Washington and Lee 7 | at Army |
Every game is listed as played on the field.