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Dickinson vs. Navy

Dickinson and Navy first met in 1889 and have played 14 times; Navy leads the series 9–⁠1–⁠4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 6–⁠1.

Dickinson wins
1
Navy wins
9
Ties
4
First meeting
1889
Longest streak
3 Navy
Current streak
1 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 6–⁠1
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠0–⁠1
1890s0–⁠2
1900s1–⁠5–⁠2
1910s0–⁠1–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
10.8 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
9–⁠1–⁠4 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dickinson’s biggest win1902: Dickinson 6, Navy 0by 6 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1891: Navy 34, Dickinson 4by 30 points
  3. Upset1902: Dickinson 6, Navy 0Dickinson had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dickinson and Navy, 1889 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 sun's story of the 1901 game: = Saturday Football Games.

    1901 · The sun, Nov 4, 1901

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1902 game: DICKINSON DEFEATS THE NIDDIES THE REGULAR BACKS AND SEVERAL OF THE ANNAPOLIS LINEMEN UNA BILE TO PLAY.

    1902 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 26, 1902

  • The Evening capital's story of the 1903 game: TWO GOOD GAMES. NAVY DOWNS DICKINSON COLLEGE BY SCORE OF 5 TO 0. ST. Johns Won From Maryland Agricul- turaI College -Suappy 6ames In Rain And Mud.

    1903 · Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., Oct 19, 1903

  • The Evening capital's story of the 1904 game: THE NAVY FAILED TO SCORE A TIE GAME PLAYED WITH DICKINSON TEAM. A Poor Exhibition of Foot Ball Is Given By Both Visitors And M:ddieS.

    1904 · Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., Oct 24, 1904

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1905 game: M|DSH|P MEN WIN FROM DICKINSON Victory Comes Only After Stubborn Contest. THIRTY SECONDS TO PLAY Fuiioack Smith for Navy Carries the Ball Over the Line lust in Time. THIRTY SECONDS TO PLAY

    1905 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1905

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 6, 1923Navy 13, Dickinson 7at Navy
Sep 30, 1916Navy 0, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 18, 1913Navy 29, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 10, 1908Navy 22, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 5, 1907Navy 15, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 6, 1906Navy 0, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 14, 1905Navy 6, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 22, 1904Navy 0, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 17, 1903Navy 5, Dickinson 0at Navy
Oct 25, 1902Dickinson 6, Navy 0at Navy
Nov 2, 1901Navy 12, Dickinson 6at Navy
Nov 14, 1891Navy 34, Dickinson 4at Navy
Nov 8, 1890Navy 32, Dickinson 6at Navy
Nov 9, 1889Navy 0, Dickinson 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.