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Rivalry History

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Maryland and Navy have met 21 times since 1905. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series snapshot

Record
7-14
Current streak
Maryland 2 games
Longest streak
Navy 8 games (1905-1930)
Avg. margin / points
20.7 / 37.3

Series overview

Maryland 7-14 Navy. Current streak: Maryland 2 games.

Last five meetings

Maryland 3 | Navy 2

Largest margin

76 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1905 through 2010.
  • 21 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 6, 2010.

Related pages

Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.

Rivalry guide

What this rivalry is

Maryland and Navy have a tracked series that starts in 1905 and spans 21 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Crab Bowl Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Historical or inactive series
Years
1905-2010
Busiest era
1950s, 5 games
Longest pause
39 years (1965-2005)
  • 1950s5 games
  • 1900s4 games
  • 1930s4 games
  • 1910s3 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

2 featured games

Latest meeting

2010 - Sep 6, 2010

Maryland 17, Navy 14. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Highest scoring

1913 - Oct 25, 1913

Maryland 0, Navy 76. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Maryland 3, Navy 2 across 5 games
Last ten
Maryland 6, Navy 4 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 37.3, average margin 20.7.
Current streak
Maryland 2 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Danny O'Brien

    Maryland, 2010

    Passing Yards: 2438

  • Davin Meggett

    Maryland, 2010

    Rushing Yards: 720

  • Torrey Smith

    Maryland, 2010

    Receiving Yards: 1055

  • Greg Jones

    Navy, 2010

    Receiving Yards: 662

  • Ricky Dobbs

    Navy, 2010

    Passing Yards: 1527

  • Ricky Dobbs

    Navy, 2010

    Rushing Yards: 967

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Thomas Nugent

    Maryland - 1963-1965 - 12-18

  • Ralph Friedgen

    Maryland - 2005-2010 - 14-10

  • Wayne Hardin

    Navy - 1963-1964 - 12-8-1

  • Ken Niumatalolo

    Navy - 2010 - 9-4

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 6, 2010Navy at MarylandMaryland 17, Navy 14Neutral siteMaryland
Sep 3, 2005Maryland at NavyMaryland 23, Navy 20Venue unavailableMaryland
Nov 6, 1965Maryland at NavyMaryland 7, Navy 19Venue unavailableNavy
Nov 7, 1964Navy at MarylandMaryland 27, Navy 22Venue unavailableMaryland
Nov 9, 1963Maryland at NavyMaryland 7, Navy 42Venue unavailableNavy
Nov 7, 1959Maryland at NavyMaryland 14, Navy 22Venue unavailableNavy
Nov 8, 1958Maryland at NavyMaryland 14, Navy 40Venue unavailableNavy
Oct 18, 1952Navy at MarylandMaryland 38, Navy 7Venue unavailableMaryland
Nov 10, 1951Navy at MarylandMaryland 40, Navy 21Venue unavailableMaryland
Sep 30, 1950Navy at MarylandMaryland 35, Navy 21Venue unavailableMaryland