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Georgetown vs. Navy

Georgetown and Navy have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1891; Navy leads the series 10–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 6–⁠3.

Georgetown wins
4
Navy wins
10
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1891
Longest streak
4 Navy
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Navy 6–⁠3
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠3
1900s2–⁠1–⁠1
1910s2–⁠4
1920s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
11.1 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
10–⁠4–⁠2 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win1915: Georgetown 9, Navy 0by 9 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1892: Navy 40, Georgetown 0by 40 points
  3. Upset1915: Georgetown 9, Navy 0Georgetown had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Navy, 1891 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 Evening star's story of the 1891 game

    1891 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1891

  • The The Portland daily press's story of the 1900 game: THE G AME RECORD.

    1900 · The Portland daily press, Portland, Me., Oct 22, 1900

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1901 game: NEITHER ELEVEN SCORES. Georgetown Succeeds in Holding Down the Naval Cadets. The blue and Grey Plays Defensive Football at AunapOiis-succeeds in Evnding the Anticipated De feat at the Hands of the Middies.

    1901 · The Washington times, Oct 6, 1901

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: GEORGETOWN TRIMS NAVY AT FOOTBALL Blue and Gray Victorious Over the Mid dies by the Score of IL to S.

    1903 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 29, 1903

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1913 game: HILLTOPS EASY FOR navy team Georgetown Shows Weak De- fense, and Midshipmen Win, q to 0. MORIARITY Is INJURED Big Tackle of Blue and Gray Gets Bad Scalp Wound in First Period. Costello Fails to Gain. MORIARITY IS INJURED

    1913 · The Washington herald, Oct 12, 1913

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 9, 1929Navy 0, Georgetown 0at Navy
Nov 13, 1926Navy 10, Georgetown 7at Navy
Nov 6, 1920Navy 21, Georgetown 6at Navy
Nov 8, 1919Georgetown 6, Navy 0at Navy
Nov 10, 1917Navy 28, Georgetown 7at Navy
Oct 7, 1916Navy 13, Georgetown 7at Navy
Oct 2, 1915Georgetown 9, Navy 0at Navy
Oct 3, 1914Navy 13, Georgetown 0at Navy
Oct 11, 1913Navy 23, Georgetown 0at Navy
Oct 28, 1903Georgetown 12, Navy 5at Navy
Sep 27, 1902Georgetown 4, Navy 0at Navy
Oct 5, 1901Navy 0, Georgetown 0at Navy
Oct 20, 1900Navy 6, Georgetown 0at Navy
Oct 14, 1899Navy 12, Georgetown 0at Navy
Nov 19, 1892Navy 40, Georgetown 0at Navy
Nov 11, 1891Navy 16, Georgetown 4at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.