Columbia vs. Navy

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

1. Columbia’s biggest win1948: Columbia 13, Navy 0by 13 points
2. Navy’s biggest win1943: Navy 61, Columbia 0by 61 points
3. Upset1951: Navy 21, Columbia 7Navy had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1934: Navy 18, Columbia 7Navy had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1900: Columbia 11, Navy 0Columbia had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Columbia’s side (Little 2–⁠2 against Hamilton). 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.

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  1900 · The times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 18, 1900

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  1902 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 20, 1902

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  1933 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 13, 1933

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  1934 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 23, 1934

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  1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 8, 1937

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.

• Columbia vs. Cornell91 meetings, Columbia 36–⁠52–⁠3
• Columbia vs. Pennsylvania84 meetings, Columbia 22–⁠61–⁠1
• Columbia vs. Yale81 meetings, Columbia 17–⁠62–⁠2
• Columbia vs. Princeton74 meetings, Columbia 12–⁠61–⁠1
• 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