Bowdoin at Bates

Saturday, November 4, 1899

Bowdoin beat Bates 16–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Bowdoin led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayBowdoin2–⁠6 in 1899
16
HomeBates0–⁠3 in 1899
6

FinalHigh 42°F, low 33°F, 0.31 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Portland daily press's story: THE BowDoIN-BATEs GAME.

    The Portland daily press, Maine, November 10, 1899, page 1

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    THE BowDoIN-BATEs GAME. Next Saturday on whittier Field, Brunswick. the football teams from Bow doin and Bates line MP for their annual football game. This IL the most important game Of the year in Maine. Durine the last few years Bates has become Bow doin’s most formi liable rival and their an nuai games are Tor blood. The interest felt IL widespread and Is not being confined to the students OF the four Maine colleges. All ths principal towns OF the state win SEND their crowds to chenr for one team or the other. Bowdoin has picked up wonderfully drrinx the past week and will put up q very strong game Saturday. The lire up Of both teams will be announced In Saturdays PRESS.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Bowdoin 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Bowdoin leads 7–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Bowdoin 17, Bates 9
2024Bowdoin 35, Bates 24
2023Bowdoin 35, Bates 20
2022Bates 21, Bowdoin 14
1905Bowdoin 6, Bates 0
1904Bowdoin 12, Bates 6

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