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Navy vs. Vanderbilt

Navy and Vanderbilt have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1907; Navy leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Navy 3–⁠2, and Navy has won the last 2.

Navy wins
3
Vanderbilt wins
2
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
2 Vanderbilt
Current streak
2 Navy
Last 10 meetings
Navy 3–⁠2
Most recent
2004

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠0–⁠1
1960s1–⁠0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
2000s2–⁠0
Average margin
11.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
1–⁠1–⁠2 Navy’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
1–⁠2 Vanderbilt’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Navy’s biggest win1966: Navy 30, Vanderbilt 14by 16 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1993: Vanderbilt 41, Navy 7by 34 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and Vanderbilt, 1907 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 1907 game: NAVY Strikes A KNOT. MIDsHIPMEE HAVE TOUGH GAME ON CRIDIROH Vanderbilt Plays Tie Seofe-Iiigh Wafer MARI Of Southern Football. THE cOMMODORES GIVE THE ADMIRALS A LIVELY TUSSLE.

    1907 · Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., Oct 14, 1907

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

  • Vanderbilt tight end Dustin Dunnning is tackled by U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen Bobby McLarin, center, and Lane Jackson, right.
    Vanderbilt tight end Dustin Dunnning is tackled by U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen Bobby McLarin, center, and Lane Jackson, right.Photo: Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2004 game
  • Vanderbilt tight end Dustin Dunnning is tackled by U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen Bobby McLarin, center, and Lane Jackson, right.
    Vanderbilt tight end Dustin Dunnning is tackled by U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen Bobby McLarin, center, and Lane Jackson, right.Photo: Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2004 game
  • Vanderbilt wide receiver Chris Young attempts to evade U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 3rd Class Hunter Reddick.
    Vanderbilt wide receiver Chris Young attempts to evade U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 3rd Class Hunter Reddick.Photo: Journalist 2nd Class Brandan W. Schulze, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2004 game
  • Navy vs. Vanderbilt, 2004
    Photo: Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2004 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 25, 2004Navy 29, Vanderbilt 26at Navy
Oct 11, 2003Navy 37, Vanderbilt 27at Vanderbilt
Nov 13, 1993Vanderbilt 41, Navy 7at Vanderbilt
Nov 14, 1992Vanderbilt 27, Navy 7at Navy
Nov 18, 1967Navy 35, Vanderbilt 35at Navy
Nov 12, 1966Navy 30, Vanderbilt 14at Vanderbilt
Oct 12, 1907Navy 6, Vanderbilt 6at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.