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Navy vs Yale Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Navy and Yale.

PROGRAM ONENavy4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–5–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOYale5 recorded wins
10Recorded meetings
1901Earliest documented
1988Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

10 games
  1. 1901
    Navy0 — 24Yale
    Oct 12, 1901Yale won
  2. 1935
    Navy6 — 7Yale
    Oct 19, 1935Yale won
  3. 1936
    Navy7 — 12Yale
    Oct 17, 1936Yale won
  4. 1938
    Navy7 — 9Yale
    Oct 15, 1938Yale won
  5. 1940
    Navy21 — 0Yale
    Oct 26, 1940Navy won
  6. 1942
    Navy13 — 6Yale
    Oct 17, 1942Navy won
  7. 1951
    Navy7 — 7Yale
    Sep 29, 1951Tie
  8. 1952
    Navy31 — 0Yale
    Sep 27, 1952Navy won
  9. 1981
    Navy19 — 23Yale
    Oct 3, 1981Yale won
  10. 1988
    Navy41 — 7Yale
    Oct 1, 1988Navy won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1988Navy vs Yale41–7Navy won
1981Navy vs Yale19–23Yale won
1952Navy vs Yale31–0Navy won
1951Navy vs Yale7–7Tie
1942Navy vs Yale13–6Navy won
1940Navy vs Yale21–0Navy won
1938Navy vs Yale7–9Yale won
1936Navy vs Yale7–12Yale won
1935Navy vs Yale6–7Yale won
1901Navy vs Yale0–24Yale won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.