Navy vs. Washington
Navy and Washington have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Washington leads the series 3–2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Washington 3–2. Share
- Navy wins
- 2
- Washington wins
- 3
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1923
- Longest streak
- 2 Washington
- Current streak
- 1 Washington
- Last 10 meetings
- Washington 3–2
- Most recent
- 1983
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Navy 1, Washington 0
- Average margin
- 13.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Washington
- 3–2 Washington’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–0–1 Navy first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Navy’s biggest win1980: Navy 24, Washington 10by 14 points
- Washington’s biggest win1970: Washington 56, Navy 7by 49 points
- Upset1980: Navy 24, Washington 10Navy had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1960: Navy 15, Washington 14No. 17 Navy at No. 3 Washington
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Ira McKee Navy | 1923 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1923 · Imperial Valley press, California, Jan 2, 1924
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 1, 1983 | 18Washington 27, Navy 10 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 25, 1980 | Navy 24, 18Washington 10 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 27, 1975 | Washington 14, Navy 13 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | Washington 56, Navy 7 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 1, 1960 | 17Navy 15, 3Washington 14 | at Washington | ||
| Jan 1, 1924 | Washington 14, Navy 14 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.