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Navy vs. West Virginia Wesleyan

Navy and West Virginia Wesleyan first met in 1919 and have played 9 times; Navy leads the series 7–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Navy 7–⁠1.

Navy wins
7
West Virginia Wesleyan wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Navy
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Navy 7–⁠1
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s5–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
21.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
7–⁠1–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Navy’s biggest win1926: Navy 53, West Virginia Wesleyan 7by 46 points
  2. West Virginia Wesleyan’s biggest win1924: West Virginia Wesleyan 10, Navy 7by 3 points
  3. Upset1924: West Virginia Wesleyan 10, Navy 7West Virginia Wesleyan had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and West Virginia Wesleyan, 1919 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 sun's story of the 1919 game: NAVY WINS GAME ON MUDDY FIELD, 2O-6 West Virginia Wesleyan Team Is Helpless Before An napOlis Warriors.

    1919 · The sun, New York, Nov 2, 1919

  • The Evening star's story of the 1923 game: NAVY NOT EXTENDED TO WIN BY 26 TO 7

    1923 · Evening star, Oct 14, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1924 game: NAVY PLAYS POORLY AND is GIVEN JOLT

    1924 · Evening star, Oct 26, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game: NAVY HAS AN EASY TIME TO WIN, ESQ Pony BackfieId Proves Too Fast for West Virginia Wesleyan Gridmen.

    1927 · Evening star, Nov 6, 1927

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1929 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 1929

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 31, 1931Navy 0, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Navy
Nov 1, 1930Navy 37, West Virginia Wesleyan 14at Navy
Nov 23, 1929Navy 30, West Virginia Wesleyan 6at Navy
Nov 3, 1928Navy 37, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Navy
Nov 5, 1927Navy 26, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Navy
Nov 6, 1926Navy 53, West Virginia Wesleyan 7at Navy
Oct 25, 1924West Virginia Wesleyan 10, Navy 7at Navy
Oct 13, 1923Navy 26, West Virginia Wesleyan 7at Navy
Nov 1, 1919Navy 20, West Virginia Wesleyan 6at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.