Colby vs. Navy

Colby and Navy first met in 1914 and have played 3 times; Navy leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Navy 3–⁠0, and Navy has won the last 3.

Colby wins
0
Navy wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
3 Navy
Current streak
3 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 3–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colby and Navy, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1914 game: NAVY FEELS BETTER AT TER COLBY GAME Coaches; Seeing Army Meet Maine, Believe Middies Have Chance of Victory.

    1914 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1914

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1915 game: THE NAVY WON FROM COLBY TEAM Visitors Force Local Gridiron War riors to Nose Out a Is to Ia Victory. ENCOURAGING FOR NAVY. Academy BackfieEd Showed More Speed and Better Team Work.

    1915 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Nov 15, 1915

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story of the 1919 game: Columbia Humbled by Wesleyan Team Navy Runs Biggest Score OF Day On Colby, 121 TO o. Army Comes Close With so to O.

    1919 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Nov 16, 1919

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 15, 1919Navy 121, Colby 0at Navy
Nov 13, 1915Navy 28, Colby 14at Navy
Nov 14, 1914Navy 31, Colby 21at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.