Newport News

Newport News has played football since at least 1936 and is 2–⁠8–⁠1 in the 11 games on record. This season, they’re 1–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
2–⁠8–⁠1 .227; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1168
Best season by Elo
1937 rated 1198
Seasons
7 since 1936, 11 games

1943 season 1–⁠1

RosterFull 1943 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atNC StateL 0–⁠1813%
Oct 23vsVirginiaW 7–⁠625%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Newport News’s Elo through 1943: 1163 going into the opener, 1168 after the last game.11501175Elo 1163 going in; lost to NC State 18–0Elo 1156 going in; beat Virginia 7–6Final: Elo 1168 after the last game1168
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1936

Best seasons ever
Newport News end-of-season Elo from 1936 to 1943, best in 1937 at 1198.130015001700190019401937 peak: Elo 1198
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesNewport News record
Richmond50–⁠4–⁠1
Every opponent (4)

Every program Newport News has played, A to Z, with Newport News’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19431–⁠11168
19410–⁠11144
19400–⁠21125
19390–⁠21142
19381–⁠11195
19370–⁠0–⁠11198
19360–⁠11191

No season on file for 1942: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing it.

All 7 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.