Boston College vs. Navy

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

1. Boston College’s biggest win1971: Boston College 49, Navy 6by 43 points
2. Navy’s biggest win1957: Navy 46, Boston College 6by 40 points
3. Upset1928: Boston College 6, Navy 0Boston College had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1989: Navy 27, Boston College 24Navy had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Yukica 3–⁠1 against Forzano). 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 1928

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  1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 22, 1957

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  1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 20, 1959

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  1960 · Evening star, Sep 18, 1960

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Boston College vs. Syracuse59 meetings, Boston College 25–⁠34
• Boston College vs. Holy Cross55 meetings, Boston College 36–⁠19
• Boston College vs. Villanova42 meetings, Boston College 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Boston College vs. Army39 meetings, Boston College 26–⁠13
• Navy vs. Army125 meetings, Navy 63–⁠55–⁠7
• Navy vs. Notre Dame98 meetings, Navy 13–⁠84–⁠1
• Navy vs. Air Force59 meetings, Navy 24–⁠35
• Navy vs. Pennsylvania47 meetings, Navy 21–⁠22–⁠4