Navy vs. Princeton

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

1. Navy’s biggest win1953: Navy 65, Princeton 7by 58 points
2. Princeton’s biggest win1898: Princeton 30, Navy 0by 30 points
3. Upset1904: Navy 10, Princeton 9Navy had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1942: Princeton 10, Navy 0Princeton had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Navy’s side (Folwell 1–⁠2–⁠1 against Roper). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1898 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 16, 1898

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  1900 · The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., Oct 15, 1900

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  1904 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 16, 1904

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  1906 · The aegis & intelligencer, Bel Air, Md., Oct 19, 1906

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  1909 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 31, 1909

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Navy vs. Army125 meetings, Navy 63–⁠55–⁠7
• Navy vs. Notre Dame98 meetings, Navy 13–⁠84–⁠1
• Navy vs. Air Force59 meetings, Navy 24–⁠35
• Navy vs. Pennsylvania47 meetings, Navy 21–⁠22–⁠4
• Princeton vs. Yale126 meetings, Princeton 45–⁠71–⁠10
• Princeton vs. Pennsylvania95 meetings, Princeton 63–⁠31–⁠1
• Princeton vs. Harvard95 meetings, Princeton 51–⁠37–⁠7
• Princeton vs. Cornell86 meetings, Princeton 54–⁠30–⁠2