Navy vs. Villanova

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

1. Navy’s biggest win1917: Navy 80, Villanova 3by 77 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win1909: Villanova 11, Navy 6by 5 points
3. Upset1909: Villanova 11, Navy 6Villanova had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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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  1909 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1909

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  1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 19, 1916

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  1917 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 18, 1917

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  1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 30, 1945

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 29, 1946

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
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1