Navy vs. Virginia

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

1. Navy’s biggest win2017: Navy 49, Virginia 7by 42 points
2. Virginia’s biggest win1992: Virginia 53, Navy 0by 53 points
3. Upset1985: Navy 17, Virginia 13Navy had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1904: Navy 5, Virginia 0Navy had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Navy’s side (Hamilton 3–⁠0 against Tebell). 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1898 · The times, Richmond, Va., Nov 20, 1898

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  1904 · Alexandria gazette, Alexandria, D.C., Nov 14, 1904

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  1905 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 1905

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  1909 · Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, Oct 24, 1909

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  1935 · Evening star, Oct 14, 1935

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.

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  The 2017 game

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  The 2017 game

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  The 2017 game

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  The 2017 game

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

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
• Virginia vs. North Carolina120 meetings, Virginia 51–⁠65–⁠4
• Virginia vs. Virginia Tech101 meetings, Virginia 34–⁠62–⁠5
• Virginia vs. Maryland80 meetings, Virginia 32–⁠46–⁠2
• Virginia vs. VMI78 meetings, Virginia 53–⁠23–⁠2