Army vs. Williams

Army and Williams first met in 1900 and have played 6 times; Army leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Army 6–⁠0, and Army has won the last 6.

Army wins
6
Williams wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
6 Army
Current streak
6 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 6–⁠0
Most recent
1940

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
13.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
6–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1902: Army 28, Williams 0by 28 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Williams, 1900 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.

From the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1901 game: WEST POINT DEFEATS WILLIAMS. CADETS. ALTHOUGH IN A CRIPPLED coNDI- TIoN. MAKE THE SCORE 15 TO o.

    1901 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 27, 1901

  • The The sun's story of the 1904 game: ARMY DIsPOsEs or WILLIAMS. West Point Goal Line Threat ened Only Once Score l6 To O.

    1904 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 30, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1906 game: WILLIAMS NO MATCH FOR ARMY. West Point Eleven, 0utplayed at Start, Scores Easy Victory.

    1906 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 21, 1906

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Army 20-19

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 6, 1940

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

Oct 5, 1940Army 20, Williams 19at Army
Oct 20, 1906Army 17, Williams 0at Army
Oct 29, 1904Army 16, Williams 0at Army
Oct 25, 1902Army 28, Williams 0at Army
Oct 26, 1901Army 15, Williams 0at Army
Oct 27, 1900Army 6, Williams 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.