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Navy vs. Swarthmore

Navy and Swarthmore first met in 1904 and have played 5 times; Swarthmore leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Swarthmore 4–⁠1, and Swarthmore has won the last 2.

Navy wins
1
Swarthmore wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1904
Longest streak
2 Swarthmore
Current streak
2 Swarthmore
Last 10 meetings
Swarthmore 4–⁠1
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠3
1910s0–⁠1
Average margin
8.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
1–⁠4 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Navy’s biggest win1906: Navy 5, Swarthmore 4by 1 points
  2. Swarthmore’s biggest win1907: Swarthmore 18, Navy 0by 18 points
  3. Upset1912: Swarthmore 21, Navy 6Swarthmore had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1905: Swarthmore 6, Navy 5Swarthmore had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsNavySeriesSwarthmore
1904–⁠1906Paul Dashiell1–⁠2George Brooke

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and Swarthmore, 1904 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

  • The Evening capital's story of the 1904 game: MIDDIES GO DOWN IN DEFEAT NAVY Is OUTPLAYED BY SWARTHMORE. The Pennsylvanians Have Very Worthy Team This Year PrepS Play Ball.

    1904 · Evening capital, Maryland, Oct 31, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: Indians 0). swARTHMoRE BEATS ANNAPOLIS. Middies Lose First Game of Season Through Failure to Kick Goal.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 29, 1905

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1906 game: Merry NAVY TEAM OYERCONES ODDS Beats SWarthnore 5 to 4 With Star Men Out and Many Important Shifts. DELIGHTED WITH SHOWING Middies Much More Confident New Of Taking Army Scalp-No New Plays Used.

    1906 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1906

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: NAVY IS OUTCLASSED SWarthmOre Wins a Clean cut Victory. oBRIEN SCORES IL POINTS QunISers' Little Quarter Back Boots Rail- Between the UprfEhts for Three Goals from the Field, While Other scores Come from Touchdown Made by OId-time Line Smashing. special to The Washington Herald.

    1907 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1907

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1912 game: Navy Defeated

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 20, 1912

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 19, 1912Swarthmore 21, Navy 6at Navy
Nov 9, 1907Swarthmore 18, Navy 0at Navy
Nov 10, 1906Navy 5, Swarthmore 4at Navy
Oct 28, 1905Swarthmore 6, Navy 5at Navy
Oct 29, 1904Swarthmore 9, Navy 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.