Duke vs. Navy
Duke and Navy have 40 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Navy leads the series 20–15–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Duke has won the last 3. Share
- Duke wins
- 15
- Navy wins
- 20
- Ties
- 5
- Earliest on file
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 4 Navy
- Current streak
- 3 Duke
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2013
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2–4 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Duke 1, Navy 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Duke
- 6–7–5 Duke’s record at home
- At Navy
- 12–6 Navy’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 3–1 Duke first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Duke’s biggest win1994: Duke 47, Navy 14by 33 points
- Navy’s biggest win1996: Navy 64, Duke 27by 37 points
- Upset2010: Duke 34, Navy 31Duke had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1995: Navy 30, Duke 9Navy had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1971: Navy 15, Duke 14Navy had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1943: Navy 14, Duke 13No. 5 Duke at No. 4 Navy
- Ranked showdown1960: Duke 19, Navy 10No. 4 Navy at No. 13 Duke
- Ranked showdown1957: Duke 6, Navy 6 (tie)No. 7 Navy at No. 16 Duke
Coach against coach
| Years | Duke | Series | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927–1930 | Jimmy DeHart | 1–3 | William Ingram |
| 1952–1957 | Bill Murray | 0–2–4 | Eddie Erdelatz |
| 1960–1964 | Bill Murray | 2–2 | Wayne Hardin |
| 1995–1997 | Fred Goldsmith | 1–2 | Charlie Weatherbie |
| 2004–2007 | Ted Roof | 0–4 | Paul Johnson |
| 2008–2013 | David Cutcliffe | 3–0 | Ken Niumatalolo |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (DeHart 1–3 against Ingram). 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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Eron Riley Duke | 6 catches, 235 yards, 4 TD | 2007 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1927 · Evening star, Oct 23, 1927
1928 · Evening star, Oct 22, 1928
1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 20, 1929
1943 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1943
1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 16, 1944
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.
Photos
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Oct 12, 2013 | Duke 35, Navy 7 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 30, 2010 | Duke 34, Navy 31 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 13, 2008 | Duke 41, Navy 31 | at Duke | ||
| Sep 22, 2007 | Navy 46, Duke 43 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 4, 2006 | Navy 38, Duke 13 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 1, 2005 | Navy 28, Duke 21 | at Duke | ||
| Sep 4, 2004 | Navy 27, Duke 12 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 28, 2002 | Duke 43, Navy 17 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 27, 1997 | Duke 26, Navy 17 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 5, 1996 | Navy 64, Duke 27 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 30, 1995 | Navy 30, Duke 9 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 1, 1994 | Duke 47, Navy 14 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 2, 1982 | Navy 27, Duke 21 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 14, 1978 | Navy 31, Duke 8 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 1, 1977 | Duke 28, Navy 16 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 28, 1972 | Duke 17, Navy 16 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 23, 1971 | Navy 15, 19Duke 14 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 11, 1967 | Duke 35, Navy 16 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 5, 1966 | Duke 9, Navy 7 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 14, 1964 | Navy 27, Duke 14 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 16, 1963 | 2Navy 38, Duke 25 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 11, 1961 | Duke 30, Navy 9 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 5, 1960 | 13Duke 19, 4Navy 10 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 9, 1957 | 16Duke 6, 7Navy 6 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 10, 1956 | Duke 7, 12Navy 7 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 5, 1955 | Duke 7, Navy 7 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 6, 1954 | 19Navy 40, 11Duke 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 7, 1953 | 10Duke 0, Navy 0 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 8, 1952 | Navy 16, 12Duke 6 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 8, 1949 | Navy 28, 14Duke 14 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 9, 1948 | Duke 28, Navy 7 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 11, 1947 | 13Duke 14, Navy 14 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 12, 1946 | Duke 21, Navy 6 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 6, 1945 | Navy 21, Duke 0 | at Duke | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | 6Navy 7, Duke 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 9, 1943 | 4Navy 14, 5Duke 13 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 18, 1930 | Duke 18, Navy 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 19, 1929 | Navy 45, Duke 13 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 20, 1928 | Navy 6, Duke 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 22, 1927 | Navy 32, Duke 6 | at Navy |
Every game is listed as played on the field.