Navy vs. Syracuse

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

1. Navy’s biggest win1976: Navy 27, Syracuse 10by 17 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1968: Syracuse 44, Navy 6by 38 points
3. Upset1977: Syracuse 45, Navy 34Syracuse had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1978: Syracuse 20, Navy 17Syracuse had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1979: Syracuse 30, Navy 14Syracuse had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Navy’s side (Elias 1–⁠3 against Schwartzwalder). 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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  1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 1962

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
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4