Cornell vs. Navy

Cornell and Navy have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Navy leads the series 9–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 9–⁠1, and Navy has won the last 5.

Cornell wins
1
Navy wins
9
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1941
Longest streak
5 Navy
Current streak
5 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 9–⁠1
Most recent
1962

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠4
1950s0–⁠3
1960s0–⁠2
Average margin
24.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
0–⁠4 Cornell’s record at home
At Navy
5–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1948: Cornell 13, Navy 7by 6 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1944: Navy 48, Cornell 0by 48 points

Coach against coach

YearsCornellSeriesNavy
1952–⁠1956George James0–⁠3Eddie Erdelatz

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (James 0–⁠3 against Erdelatz). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Navy, 1941 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 midland journal's story of the 1941 game: Briefly Mentioned News

    1941 · The midland journal, Rising Sun, Md., Oct 24, 1941

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1943 game: NAVY and DUKE EVENLY MATCHED Both Teams Boast A 5 Team Squad; Duke Unscored On

    1943 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 5, 1943

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: MIDDIES BLAST CORNELL, $50

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 12, 1944

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game: .Tars' 38-19Win verCorneI| First in L Ti|ts Sailors Twice Come From Behind After Breaks Aid Enemy

    1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: indians Hold One-Gume Lead, Red Sox Kill Yankee Chances

    1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1948

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 13, 1962Navy 41, Cornell 0at Navy
Oct 14, 1961Navy 31, Cornell 7at Cornell
Oct 6, 1956Navy 14, Cornell 0at Cornell
Oct 10, 1953Navy 26, Cornell 6at Navy
Oct 4, 1952Navy 31, Cornell 7at Cornell
Oct 2, 1948Cornell 13, Navy 7at Navy
Oct 18, 1947Navy 38, Cornell 19at Cornell
Nov 11, 19443Navy 48, Cornell 0at Navy
Oct 2, 1943Navy 46, Cornell 7at Navy
Oct 18, 19417Navy 14, Cornell 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.