Navy vs. Rice
Navy and Rice first met in 1951 and have played 14 times; the series is tied 7–7. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 6–4. Share
- Navy wins
- 7
- Rice wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1951
- Longest streak
- 4 Navy
- Current streak
- 1 Navy
- Last 10 meetings
- Navy 6–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Navy 1, Rice 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 14.6 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Navy
- 3–2 Navy’s record at home
- At Rice
- 5–3 Rice’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Navy first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Navy’s biggest win2009: Navy 63, Rice 14by 49 points
- Rice’s biggest win2024: Rice 24, Navy 10by 14 points
- Upset2024: Rice 24, Navy 10Rice had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1994: Navy 29, Rice 17Navy had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1957: Navy 20, Rice 7No. 9 Rice at No. 8 Navy
Coach against coach
| Years | Navy | Series | Rice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2005 | Paul Johnson | 3–1 | Ken Hatfield |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Navy’s side (Johnson 3–1 against Hatfield). 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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Tom Forrestal Navy | 1957 |
| Tony Stremic Navy | 1957 |
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.
Photos
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Sep 27, 2025 | Navy 21, Rice 13 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 2, 2024 | Rice 24, Navy 10 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 10, 2009 | Navy 63, Rice 14 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 22, 2005 | Navy 41, Rice 9 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 23, 2004 | Navy 14, Rice 13 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 18, 2003 | Navy 38, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 12, 2002 | Rice 17, Navy 10 | at Navy | ||
| Oct 13, 2001 | Rice 21, Navy 13 | at Navy | ||
| Sep 25, 1999 | Rice 20, Navy 17 | at Rice | ||
| Nov 19, 1994 | Navy 29, Rice 17 | at Navy | ||
| Nov 21, 1992 | Rice 27, Navy 22 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 30, 1967 | Rice 21, Navy 7 | at Rice | ||
| Jan 1, 1958 | 8Navy 20, 9Rice 7 | Neutral site | Cotton Bowl | |
| Oct 13, 1951 | Rice 21, Navy 14 | at Rice |
Every game is listed as played on the field.