Carlisle vs. Navy

Carlisle and Navy first met in 1901 and have played 4 times; Navy leads the series 3–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Navy 3–⁠1, and Navy has won the last 2.

Carlisle wins
1
Navy wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
2 Navy
Current streak
2 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 3–⁠1
Most recent
1917

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1
1910s0–⁠2
Average margin
22 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
3–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Navy, 1901 on130015001700190519101915

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 The Washington times's story of the 1901 game: CADETS DEFEAT THE INDIANS. Annapolis Plays Good Offensive Game AEninst CnrIIsIe.

    1901 · The Washington times, Nov 10, 1901

  • The Evening star's story of the 1908 game

    1908 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1908

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1910 game: INDIAN BRAVES LOSE Carlisle Succumbs To Navy Team In Saturdays Great Game On WOrden Field DALTON'S BRILLIANT WORK Enables Midshipmen To Sco-e In Last Period To 0-Redmen Fail At Their Tricks

    1910 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Nov 14, 1910

  • The Evening star's story of the 1917 game: M|DD|ES SMOTHER CARLISLE INDIANS Navy Eleven Shows Great In provement and Runs Up a Score of 81 to O.

    1917 · Evening star, Oct 21, 1917

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 20, 1917Navy 61, Carlisle 0at Navy
Nov 12, 1910Navy 6, Carlisle 0at Navy
Oct 31, 1908Carlisle 16, Navy 6at Navy
Nov 9, 1901Navy 16, Carlisle 5at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.