Navy vs. Western Kentucky

Navy and Western Kentucky have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2009; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2, and Western Kentucky has won the last 2.

Navy wins
2
Western Kentucky wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2009
Longest streak
2 Navy
Current streak
2 Western Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠2
Average margin
15.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Navy
1–⁠1 Navy’s record at home
At Western Kentucky
1–⁠1 Western Kentucky’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Navy and Western Kentucky, 2009 on1300150017002010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Ricky Dobbs Navy29 carries, 143 yards, 4 TD2009 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 27, 2014Western Kentucky 36, Navy 27at Navy
Sep 28, 2013Western Kentucky 19, Navy 7at Western Kentucky
Sep 10, 2011Navy 40, Western Kentucky 14at Western Kentucky
Sep 26, 2009Navy 38, Western Kentucky 22at Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.