Program · last held it 1951
Navy
5Reigns
749Days held
20Defenses
Navy last held the belt October 6, 1951. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Navy belt badge →
Belt-game record21–16–6
16–5–4 defending it · 5–11–2 challenging for it · 43 belt games since 1896
Took the belt5
times · 5 reigns in all · first belt game October 7, 1896
All-time rank of 106 programs21st
in days held (749) · 21st in reigns · 18th in defenses (20) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Navy’s schedule runs through UCF or anyone who could take the belt from them first. Bowl pairings can change that.
Season outlook
under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.
December 2, 1950 – October 6, 1951
308 days
October 6, 1945 – December 1, 1945
56 days
October 20, 1934 – November 17, 1934
28 days
November 10, 1906 – October 19, 1907
343 days
October 15, 1904 – October 29, 1904
14 days
Every belt game 43 games, newest first
December 30, 1981 · Navy vs. Ohio State 28–31 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1973 · Navy at Notre Dame 7–44 as challengerlostOctober 7, 1972 · Navy at Michigan 7–35 as challengerlostOctober 25, 1952 · Navy vs. Pennsylvania 7–7 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 6, 1951 · Navy vs. Princeton 20–24 as holderlost the beltSeptember 29, 1951 · Navy vs. Yale 7–7 as holdertie, holder kept itDecember 2, 1950 · Navy vs. Army 14–2 as challengertook the beltNovember 26, 1949 · Navy at Army 0–38 as challengerlostNovember 27, 1948 · Navy vs. Army 21–21 as challengertie, holder kept itNovember 30, 1946 · Navy at Army 18–21 as challengerlostDecember 1, 1945 · Navy at Army 13–32 as holderlost the beltNovember 17, 1945 · Navy vs. Wisconsin 36–7 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1945 · Navy vs. Michigan 33–7 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1945 · Navy at Notre Dame 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 27, 1945 · Navy at Pennsylvania 14–7 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1945 · Navy vs. Georgia Tech 20–6 as holderdefendedOctober 13, 1945 · Navy vs. Penn State 28–0 as holderdefendedOctober 6, 1945 · Navy at Duke 21–0 as challengertook the beltOctober 21, 1944 · Navy at Georgia Tech 15–17 as challengerlostOctober 26, 1935 · Navy vs. Notre Dame 0–14 as challengerlostNovember 17, 1934 · Navy vs. Pittsburgh 7–31 as holderlost the beltNovember 10, 1934 · Navy vs. Notre Dame 10–6 as holderdefendedNovember 3, 1934 · Navy vs. Washington and Lee 26–0 as holderdefendedOctober 27, 1934 · Navy at Pennsylvania 17–0 as holderdefendedOctober 20, 1934 · Navy at Columbia 18–7 as challengertook the beltOctober 31, 1908 · Navy vs. Carlisle 6–16 as challengerlostOctober 19, 1907 · Navy vs. Harvard 0–6 as holderlost the beltOctober 16, 1907 · Navy vs. St. John's (Maryland) 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 12, 1907 · Navy at Vanderbilt 6–6 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 9, 1907 · Navy vs. Maryland 12–0 as holderdefendedOctober 5, 1907 · Navy vs. Dickinson 15–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1907 · Navy vs. St. John's (Maryland) 26–0 as holderdefendedDecember 1, 1906 · Navy vs. Army 10–0 as holderdefendedNovember 24, 1906 · Navy vs. Virginia Tech 5–0 as holderdefendedNovember 17, 1906 · Navy vs. North Carolina 40–0 as holderdefendedNovember 10, 1906 · Navy vs. Swarthmore 5–4 as challengertook the beltOctober 29, 1904 · Navy vs. Swarthmore 0–9 as holderlost the beltOctober 22, 1904 · Navy at Dickinson 0–0 as holdertie, holder kept itOctober 19, 1904 · Navy vs. St. John's (Maryland) 23–0 as holderdefendedOctober 15, 1904 · Navy vs. Princeton 10–9 as challengertook the beltOctober 12, 1901 · Navy vs. Yale 0–24 as challengerlostNovember 26, 1896 · Navy vs. Lafayette 6–18 as challengerlostOctober 7, 1896 · Navy vs. Pennsylvania 0–8 as challengerlost
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