Navy vs. North Carolina
Navy and North Carolina have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1899; the series is tied 5–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5. Share
- Navy wins
- 5
- North Carolina wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1899
- Longest streak
- 3 Navy
- Current streak
- 1 North Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 1992
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 15.8 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Navy
- 3–3 Navy’s record at home
- At North Carolina
- 2–2 North Carolina’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Navy’s biggest win1906: Navy 40, North Carolina 0by 40 points
- North Carolina’s biggest win1987: North Carolina 45, Navy 14by 31 points
- Upset1984: Navy 33, North Carolina 30Navy had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1957: North Carolina 13, Navy 7North Carolina had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1905
1906 · Daily press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, Virginia, Nov 18, 1906
1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 20, 1946
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 3, 1992 | North Carolina 28, Navy 14 | at North Carolina | ||
| Sep 30, 1989 | Navy 12, North Carolina 7 | at North Carolina | ||
| Sep 26, 1987 | North Carolina 45, Navy 14 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 7, 1985 | North Carolina 21, Navy 19 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 15, 1984 | Navy 33, North Carolina 30 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 5, 1957 | North Carolina 13, 6Navy 7 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 19, 1946 | 15North Carolina 21, Navy 14 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 17, 1906 | Navy 40, North Carolina 0 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 21, 1905 | Navy 38, North Carolina 0 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 4, 1899 | Navy 12, North Carolina 0 | at Navy |
Every game is listed as played on the field.