George Washington vs. Navy

George Washington and Navy first met in 1908 and have played 5 times; Navy leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Navy 5–⁠0, and Navy has won the last 5.

George Washington wins
0
Navy wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
5 Navy
Current streak
5 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 5–⁠0
Most recent
1959

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
1930s0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠3
Average margin
23.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
0–⁠1 George Washington’s record at home
At Navy
4–⁠0 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Navy’s biggest win1957: Navy 52, George Washington 0by 52 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Navy, 1908 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 1930 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1930 · Evening star, Nov 30, 1930

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

Nov 14, 1959Navy 16, George Washington 8at Navy
Nov 15, 1958Navy 28, George Washington 8at George Washington
Nov 16, 19579Navy 52, George Washington 0at Navy
Nov 29, 1930Navy 20, George Washington 0at Navy
Oct 28, 1908Navy 17, George Washington 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.