Navy vs. Virginia Tech

Navy and Virginia Tech have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Navy leads the series 7–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Navy 7–⁠3, and Virginia Tech has won the last 2.

Navy wins
7
Virginia Tech wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
7 Navy
Current streak
2 Virginia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Navy 7–⁠3
Most recent
1995

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠1
1910s2–⁠0
1980s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠1
Average margin
11.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
7–⁠2 Navy’s record at home
At Virginia Tech
1–⁠0 Virginia Tech’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Navy’s biggest win1915: Navy 20, Virginia Tech 0by 20 points
  2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1987: Virginia Tech 31, Navy 11by 20 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and Virginia Tech, 1903 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 The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: VIRGINIA TECH BEATEN BY NAVY $ Unborn Defense When Goal Was Endangered. CLEVER TRICKS SPRUNG Wilson Tried Three Goals From Place ment, But Failed Each Time. Score Was II to O.

    1904 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1904

  • The The daily Gate City's story of the 1915 game: Football Results

    1915 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Oct 24, 1915

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

Oct 7, 1995Virginia Tech 14, Navy 0at Navy
Oct 3, 1987Virginia Tech 31, Navy 11at Virginia Tech
Oct 23, 1915Navy 20, Virginia Tech 0at Navy
Oct 22, 1910Navy 3, Virginia Tech 0at Navy
Nov 21, 1908Navy 15, Virginia Tech 4at Navy
Nov 23, 1907Navy 12, Virginia Tech 0at Navy
Nov 24, 1906Navy 5, Virginia Tech 0at Navy
Nov 25, 1905Navy 12, Virginia Tech 6at Navy
Nov 19, 1904Navy 11, Virginia Tech 0at Navy
Nov 21, 1903Virginia Tech 11, Navy 0at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.