Army vs. Yale

Army and Yale have 46 meetings on file, the first in 1893; Yale leads the series 22–⁠16–⁠8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 7–⁠3.

Army wins
16
Yale wins
22
Ties
8
Earliest on file
1893
Longest streak
4 Yale
Current streak
1 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Army 7–⁠3
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠6–⁠1
1900s1–⁠6–⁠3
1910s2–⁠1
1920s2–⁠5–⁠2
1930s4–⁠2–⁠2
1940s2–⁠0
1950s1–⁠1
1980s3–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.4 points; 16 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
5–⁠12–⁠3 Army’s record at home
At Yale
10–⁠11–⁠5 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1985: Army 59, Yale 16by 43 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1893: Yale 28, Army 0by 28 points
  3. Upset1910: Army 9, Yale 3Army had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesYale
1923–⁠1925John McEwan0–⁠2–⁠1Tad Jones
1930–⁠1932Ralph Sasse1–⁠0–⁠2Mal Stevens
1934–⁠1937Gar Davidson2–⁠1Ducky Pond

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (McEwan 0–⁠2–⁠1 against Jones). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Yale, 1893 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 Connecticut western news's story of the 1895 game: STATE NEWS.

    1895 · Connecticut western news, Connecticut, Nov 7, 1895

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1896 game: DOWNED THE CADETS, Beaten by Yale by a Score of I6 to 2.

    1896 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 1, 1896

  • The The herald's story of the 1897 game: And Occasionally Lifted a Player THE GENTLE GRIDIR0N GAME AS SHE IS PLAYED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS Death of Georgia Fiend the Only Fatality-General Athletic and Sporting Notes Associated Press Special Wire.

    1897 · The herald, California, Oct 31, 1897

  • The The Worcester spy's story of the 1898 game: MADEYAIEWORK West Pointers Played a Very Strong Game.

    1898 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 30, 1898

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1899 game: THREE BIG COLLEGES WIN H1RTARD, YALE IND PRINCETON YICTORS ON GRIDIRON. University of Pennsylvania Loses to Harvard I6-O-YaIe Wins From west Point 2sO-Princeton Is, Brown g. Football and Golf.

    1899 · The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., Nov 6, 1899

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

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).

Every game

Sep 27, 2014Yale 49, Army 43at Yale
Oct 5, 1996Army 39, Yale 13at Army
Oct 8, 1988Army 33, Yale 18at Yale
Oct 4, 1986Army 41, Yale 24at Yale
Oct 5, 1985Army 59, Yale 16at Army
Nov 5, 1955Yale 14, Army 12at Yale
Nov 6, 19547Army 48, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 23, 19432Army 39, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 18, 1941Army 20, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 21, 1939Yale 20, Army 15at Yale
Oct 16, 1937Yale 15, Army 7at Yale
Oct 26, 1935Army 14, Yale 8at Yale
Oct 27, 1934Army 20, Yale 12at Yale
Oct 28, 1933Army 21, Yale 0at Yale
Oct 22, 1932Army 20, Yale 0at Yale
Oct 24, 1931Yale 6, Army 6at Yale
Oct 25, 1930Yale 7, Army 7at Yale
Oct 26, 1929Yale 21, Army 13at Yale
Oct 27, 1928Army 18, Yale 6at Yale
Oct 22, 1927Yale 10, Army 6at Yale
Oct 30, 1926Army 33, Yale 0at Yale
Oct 31, 1925Yale 28, Army 7at Yale
Nov 1, 1924Yale 7, Army 7at Yale
Nov 3, 1923Yale 31, Army 10at Yale
Oct 28, 1922Yale 7, Army 7at Yale
Oct 22, 1921Yale 14, Army 7at Yale
Oct 19, 1912Yale 6, Army 0at Army
Oct 21, 1911Army 6, Yale 0at Army
Oct 15, 1910Army 9, Yale 3at Army
Oct 16, 1909Yale 17, Army 0at Army
Oct 17, 1908Yale 6, Army 0at Army
Oct 19, 1907Army 0, Yale 0at Army
Nov 3, 1906Yale 10, Army 6at Army
Oct 28, 1905Yale 20, Army 0at Yale
Oct 22, 1904Army 11, Yale 6at Army
Oct 24, 1903Yale 17, Army 5at Army
Nov 1, 1902Army 6, Yale 6at Army
Nov 2, 1901Army 5, Yale 5at Army
Nov 3, 1900Yale 18, Army 0at Army
Nov 4, 1899Yale 24, Army 0at Army
Oct 29, 1898Yale 10, Army 0at Army
Oct 30, 1897Yale 6, Army 6at Yale
Oct 31, 1896Yale 16, Army 2at Army
Nov 2, 1895Yale 28, Army 8at Army
Oct 27, 1894Yale 12, Army 5at Army
Oct 28, 1893Yale 28, Army 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.