Navy vs. Ohio State
Navy and Ohio State first met in 1930 and have played 5 times; Ohio State leads the series 5–0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Ohio State 5–0, and Ohio State has won the last 5. Share
2029 at Ohio State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Navy wins
- 0
- Ohio State wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1930
- Longest streak
- 5 Ohio State
- Current streak
- 5 Ohio State
- Last 10 meetings
- Ohio State 5–0
- Most recent
- 2014
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 14.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Navy
- 0–1 Navy’s record at home
- At Ohio State
- 2–0 Ohio State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Navy first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Ohio State’s biggest win1930: Ohio State 27, Navy 0by 27 points
- Upset1930: Ohio State 27, Navy 0Ohio State 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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Eddie Meyers Navy | 1981 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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
| Aug 30, 2014 | 5Ohio State 34, Navy 17 | M&T Bank Stadium | ||
| Sep 5, 2009 | 6Ohio State 31, Navy 27 | at Ohio State | ||
| Dec 30, 1981 | 15Ohio State 31, Navy 28 | Neutral site | Liberty Bowl | |
| Nov 7, 1931 | Ohio State 20, Navy 0 | at Ohio State | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Ohio State 27, Navy 0 | at Navy |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

