Miami vs. Navy

Miami and Navy have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Miami leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Miami 3–⁠2.

Miami wins
3
Navy wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
2 Miami
Current streak
1 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Miami 3–⁠2
Most recent
1975

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠1
1970s1–⁠1
Average margin
12.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
3–⁠2 Miami’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Miami’s biggest win1969: Miami 30, Navy 10by 20 points
  2. Navy’s biggest win1961: Navy 17, Miami 6by 11 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Navy, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1961 game: NaWCausing Cornell Coach WorryAp|enty

    1961 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 12, 1961

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 7, 1975Navy 17, Miami 16at Miami
Oct 15, 1971Miami 31, Navy 16at Miami
Nov 7, 1969Miami 30, Navy 10at Miami
Oct 6, 1961Navy 17, Miami 6at Miami
Oct 16, 1959Miami 23, Navy 8at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.