Maryland vs. Navy
Maryland and Navy have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Navy leads the series 14–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 6–4, and Maryland has won the last 2. The winner takes home the Crab Bowl Trophy, played for since 2010. Maryland has held it since the 2010 game. Share
- Maryland wins
- 7
- Navy wins
- 14
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 8 Navy
- Current streak
- 2 Maryland
- Last 10 meetings
- Maryland 6–4
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Maryland 1, Navy 0
- Average margin
- 20.7 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maryland
- 4–2 Maryland’s record at home
- At Navy
- 10–1 Navy’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–2 Maryland first
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Crab Bowl Trophy
- Played for since
- 2010
- Games for it on file
- 1 Maryland 1, Navy 0
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 2010 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Crab Bowl Trophy.
Games that tell the story
- Maryland’s biggest win1952: Maryland 38, Navy 7by 31 points
- Navy’s biggest win1913: Navy 76, Maryland 0by 76 points
- Upset2010: Maryland 17, Navy 14Maryland had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1952: Maryland 38, Navy 7No. 20 Navy at No. 2 Maryland
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1952 | Jim Tatum | 3–0 | Eddie Erdelatz |
| 1959–1964 | Thomas Nugent | 1–2 | Wayne Hardin |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Tatum 3–0 against Erdelatz). 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.
From the newspapers

1905 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 26, 1905

1906 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1906

1913 · Daily Kennebec journal, Oct 27, 1913

1916 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, Oct 12, 1916

1917 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1917
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
| Sep 6, 2010 | Maryland 17, Navy 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 3, 2005 | Maryland 23, Navy 20 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 6, 1965 | Navy 19, Maryland 7 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 7, 1964 | Maryland 27, Navy 22 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 9, 1963 | 4Navy 42, Maryland 7 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 7, 1959 | Navy 22, Maryland 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 8, 1958 | Navy 40, Maryland 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 18, 1952 | 2Maryland 38, 20Navy 7 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 10, 1951 | 3Maryland 40, Navy 21 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 30, 1950 | 15Maryland 35, Navy 21 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | Navy 16, Maryland 13 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 12, 1932 | Navy 28, Maryland 7 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 10, 1931 | Maryland 6, Navy 0 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 22, 1930 | Navy 6, Maryland 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 13, 1917 | Navy 62, Maryland 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 11, 1916 | Navy 14, Maryland 7 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 25, 1913 | Navy 76, Maryland 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 14, 1908 | Navy 57, Maryland 0 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 9, 1907 | Navy 12, Maryland 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 10, 1906 | Navy 12, Maryland 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 25, 1905 | Navy 17, Maryland 0 | at Navy |
Every game is listed as played on the field.