Davidson vs. Navy

Davidson and Navy have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Navy leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Navy 3–⁠0, and Navy has won the last 3.

Davidson wins
0
Navy wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1909
Longest streak
3 Navy
Current streak
3 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 3–⁠0
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
24.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
3–⁠0 Navy’s record at home

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 Davidson and Navy, 1909 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 Evening star's story of the 1909 game: M|DD|ES SMOTHER DAVIDSON COLLEGE Navy Plays Many Substitutes That They May Earn College Letter.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 21, 1909

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1917 game: FOOTBALL PROSPECTS At ACADEMY GOOD Coach Dobie Has Plenty Of Mater ial For Developing Team. WINS FIRST GAME, 27 TO 6 Expects Stiff Argument When West Vir sinia Eleven Comes Here On Saturday.

    1917 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Oct 1, 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 3, 1936Navy 19, Davidson 6at Navy
Sep 29, 1917Navy 27, Davidson 6at Navy
Nov 20, 1909Navy 45, Davidson 6at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.