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Harvard vs. Navy

Harvard and Navy have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1907; the series is tied 1–⁠1–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Harvard wins
1
Navy wins
1
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
1 Harvard
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
2.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Harvard
0–⁠1–⁠2 Harvard’s record at home
At Navy
0–⁠1–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Harvard’s biggest win1907: Harvard 6, Navy 0by 6 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1936: Navy 20, Harvard 13by 7 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Harvard and Navy, 1907 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 The Washington times's story of the 1907 game: HARVARD WINS FROM MIDDIES IN POOR GAME Gets Touchdown Largely Through Nays Constant Fumbing--Forward Pass Sometimes Successful But Frequently Disastrous. By THOMAS S. RICE. Harvard, 9; Naval Academy, 0.

    1907 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 20, 1907

  • The Evening star's story of the 1908 game: ALL THE BIG EASTERN TEAMS TAKE EASY PRACTICE. SIGNAL DRILLS FOR YALE HARVARD AND PRINCETON.

    1908 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: M|DD|ES CONQUER | HARVARD, IS SparkpIug HaIfback Comes Through When Sailors Offensive Bogs..

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 15, 1936

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: 'BAMA POWER SEEN IN DEFEAT OF VOLS. Bear. Trojan Battle Looks Peak Coast Test-Harvard, Navy Tackles Great.

    1937 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 20, 1937

  • The Detroit evening times's story of the 1941 game: Harvard Holds Navy To ScOreless Tie Favored Middiss Never Near Score in Seaboard Upset

    1941 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Oct 26, 1941

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 25, 1941Harvard 0, 5Navy 0at Harvard
Oct 16, 1937Harvard 0, Navy 0at Harvard
Nov 14, 1936Navy 20, Harvard 13at Harvard
Oct 24, 1908Navy 6, Harvard 6at Navy
Oct 19, 1907Harvard 6, Navy 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.