Michigan vs. Navy
Michigan and Navy have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Michigan leads the series 12–5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 9–1, and Michigan has won the last 8. Share
- Michigan wins
- 12
- Navy wins
- 5
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1925
- Longest streak
- 8 Michigan
- Current streak
- 8 Michigan
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan 9–1
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 6–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 3 meetings: Michigan 1, Navy 2; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 23.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan
- 12–3–1 Michigan’s record at home
- At Navy
- 2–0 Navy’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Michigan’s biggest win1976: Michigan 70, Navy 14by 56 points
- Navy’s biggest win1945: Navy 33, Michigan 7by 26 points
- Upset1967: Navy 26, Michigan 21Navy had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1945: Navy 33, Michigan 7No. 7 Michigan at No. 4 Navy
- Ranked showdown1964: Michigan 21, Navy 0No. 6 Navy at No. 8 Michigan
- Ranked showdown1958: Navy 20, Michigan 14No. 12 Navy at No. 14 Michigan
Coach against coach
| Years | Michigan | Series | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–1981 | Bo Schembechler | 5–0 | George Welsh |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan’s side (Schembechler 5–0 against Welsh). 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
1925 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1925
1926 · Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, Oct 31, 1926
1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 11, 1928
1945 · Detroit evening times, Michigan, Nov 11, 1945
1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1948
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 26, 1981 | 7Michigan 21, Navy 16 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 24, 1977 | 1Michigan 14, Navy 7 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 25, 1976 | 1Michigan 70, Navy 14 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 28, 1974 | 5Michigan 52, Navy 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Sep 29, 1973 | 4Michigan 14, Navy 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | 5Michigan 35, Navy 7 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | 2Michigan 46, Navy 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 5, 1968 | Michigan 32, Navy 9 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 7, 1967 | Navy 26, Michigan 21 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 3, 1964 | 8Michigan 21, 6Navy 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 5, 1963 | 6Navy 26, Michigan 13 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 11, 1958 | 12Navy 20, 14Michigan 14 | at Michigan | ||
| Nov 6, 1948 | 2Michigan 35, Navy 0 | at Michigan | ||
| Nov 10, 1945 | 4Navy 33, 7Michigan 7 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 10, 1928 | Michigan 6, Navy 6 | at Michigan | ||
| Nov 12, 1927 | Michigan 27, Navy 12 | at Michigan | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Navy 10, Michigan 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 31, 1925 | Michigan 54, Navy 0 | at Michigan |
Every game is listed as played on the field.