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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Cornell’s biggest win1948: Cornell 13, Navy 7by 6 points
- Navy’s biggest win1944: Navy 48, Cornell 0by 48 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Cornell | Series | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–1956 | George James | 0–3 | Eddie 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
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

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

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

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

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

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, 1962 | Navy 41, Cornell 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 14, 1961 | Navy 31, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 6, 1956 | Navy 14, Cornell 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 10, 1953 | Navy 26, Cornell 6 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 4, 1952 | Navy 31, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1948 | Cornell 13, Navy 7 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | Navy 38, Cornell 19 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 11, 1944 | 3Navy 48, Cornell 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 2, 1943 | Navy 46, Cornell 7 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 18, 1941 | 7Navy 14, Cornell 0 | at Navy |
Every game is listed as played on the field.