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Lafayette vs. Navy

Lafayette and Navy have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1891; Navy leads the series 8–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 7–⁠3, and Navy has won the last 5.

Lafayette wins
4
Navy wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1891
Longest streak
5 Navy
Current streak
5 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 7–⁠3
Most recent
1994

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s3–⁠2
1900s1–⁠2
1920s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠1
Average margin
14.1 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
8–⁠4 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lafayette’s biggest win1896: Lafayette 18, Navy 6by 12 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1985: Navy 56, Lafayette 14by 42 points
  3. Upset1891: Lafayette 4, Navy 0Lafayette had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lafayette 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 The Scranton tribune's story of the 1896 game: THANKSGIVING FOOT BALL GAME Pesnsyl vauiS Vanquishes Coraell BY q Score Of 81 to 10. THE ITHACA BOYS OUT.WElGhTED In Spite of Plucky and Stubborn Resistance They Go Down Before the Invincibles..Fine Work Of Beacham aud Gcibert..Lafayette's Victory at AnnapOlis..Other Games Played Yesterday.

    1896 · The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., Nov 27, 1896

  • The The times's story of the 1899 game: The lineup: Lafayette Down the Middies.

    1899 · The times, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1899

  • The Evening capital's story of the 1903 game: NAVY'S FIRST DEFEAT. THE NAVAL ACADEMY ELEVEN LOSE TO LAFAYETTE. 81. Johns Team Victorious Over Delaware COIIegs-The Shabby Treat ment By Delaware Eleven.

    1903 · Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., Oct 26, 1903

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: NAVY DEFEATS LAFAYETTE Pennsylyanians Unable to Maintain a Consistent 0fense. Middies Work Forward Pass and short Kick IOr Good Gains and Win by Score OF II % o.

    1907 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 27, 1907

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1920 game: Fun1bles by Lafayette Help Many to Win 12-7

    1920 · The Washington herald, Oct 10, 1920

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 15, 1994Navy 7, Lafayette 0at Navy
Oct 19, 1985Navy 56, Lafayette 14at Navy
Oct 11, 1941Navy 41, Lafayette 2at Navy
Oct 9, 1920Navy 12, Lafayette 7at Navy
Oct 26, 1907Navy 17, Lafayette 0at Navy
Oct 24, 1903Lafayette 6, Navy 5at Navy
Nov 8, 1902Navy 12, Lafayette 11at Navy
Oct 28, 1899Lafayette 5, Navy 0at Navy
Oct 29, 1898Navy 18, Lafayette 0at Navy
Nov 26, 1896Lafayette 18, Navy 6at Navy
Oct 22, 1892Navy 22, Lafayette 4at Navy
Nov 21, 1891Lafayette 4, Navy 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.