Navy vs. Ursinus

Navy and Ursinus first met in 1914 and have played 3 times; Navy leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Navy 2–⁠1.

Navy wins
2
Ursinus wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
1 Navy
Current streak
1 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 2–⁠1
Most recent
1918

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1
Average margin
53.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
2–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and Ursinus, 1914 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 star's story of the 1914 game: MURPHY IS NOT OUT NAVY ALL THE WAY| 0utpIays and Defeats Ursinus by One Sided Score, 80 to 2. sEC0ND-sTRING MEN USED Last Game of Season Before Middies Meet Army Eleven Next Saturday.

    1914 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 22, 1914

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1915 game: NAVY IS vANQU|sHED IN SATURDAYS GAME Ursinus Contests Every Inch Of Ground and Wins, 10 to Z. DAMPENS MIDDIES' SPIRITS Makes Navy Team Look Bad 70 Annual Battle With West Point.

    1915 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Nov 22, 1915

  • The Evening capital and Maryland gazette's story of the 1918 game: M|DSH|PMEN MAKE RECORD SCORE IN BEATING URS|NUS First Time In History Of The Game That They Have Passed The Century Mark VISITORS ARE LIGHT BUT GAME TO THE END Ingram, Butler And Rawlings, Star Ground Gamers, And Forward Pass Counts

    1918 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., Nov 18, 1918

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

Nov 16, 1918Navy 127, Ursinus 0at Navy
Nov 20, 1915Ursinus 10, Navy 7at Navy
Nov 21, 1914Navy 33, Ursinus 2at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.