The Zeitgeist List · rivalries
Commander-in-Chief (AF-Navy)
See both programs’ full 91-year Zeitgeist History, side by side →Air Force leads the all-time series 34–24. They've met 58 times since 1960. Air Force once took 11 straight.
Stature & the series, 1960–2025
Both programs’ standing over time in their colors, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won.
all-time
24–34
Air Force leads
streak
2
Navy in a row
longest run
11
Air Force
biggest win
42
Air Force, 1998
first met
1960
58 meetings
The coaching duels
Ken Niumatalolo vs Troy Calhoun8–8
George Welsh vs Ben Martin3–2
George Chaump vs Fisher DeBerry1–4
Paul Johnson vs Fisher DeBerry4–1
George Welsh vs Ken Hatfield2–1
Recent meetings
2025Navy34–31
2024Navy34–7
2023Air Force17–6
2022Air Force13–10
2021Air Force23–3
2020Air Force40–7
2019Navy34–25
2018Air Force35–7
2017Navy48–45
2016Air Force28–14
2015Navy33–11
2014Air Force30–21
2013Navy28–10
2012Navy28–21