Bowdoin at Tufts

Saturday, November 17, 1900

Bowdoin beat Tufts 17–⁠11. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Bowdoin led the series 6–⁠4.

AwayBowdoin7–⁠2 in 1900
17
HomeTufts3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1900
11

FinalHigh 53°F, low 17°F

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: BOWDOIN. It.. TUFTS. lI- Milne Team Wins Second Game This Year from Strongest Rivals.

    Daily Kennebec journal, November 19, 1900, page 2

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    BOWDOIN. It.. TUFTS. lI- Milne Team Wins Second Game This Year from Strongest Rivals. Boston. Nov 1S-Bowdoin ~, Tufts H. was the result of Saturdays game nn Tufts oval. IL was the final game Of tha season for both teams. ana both were III the pink Of condition. More than 2en9 persons were on the field a 80 when the opposing teams I’m q up. a good-sized delega ticl of BuWdoin rooters was present. with good voices and sound lungs and they did not lack the opportunity 10 make good U.s. OF them. The crowd came expecting 10 Sc 2 riost exciting game. and they were lar from being disappointed Butler and PIunket1, Tufts enus. put up a star game. which made end play u1 Bowdoins part disastrous Much 4 Bowdoins ground was gained by sheer line bucking and mass plays ci9LdTl 4 =, 2. the big left guard and Hunt. the lett halfhack. were the chief ground gamers. and Coffin, fullback. also made some good gains through The center llapgood was the star OF the Tuf q: eleven. His work in rushing the bail = 5 also did excellent work. Knight. The fullback. was not used – The best advantage on account OF MS IT. lnred knee He was good FOL q gain cf four or five yards, however. whenever he was sent through The center His pant ing was ahead Of his usual standard. far superior To that Of Hill and better than he has done at anE time this season IL was surprising that Tufts did not resort 10 nuniins more than she did. The game. as q whole was an exhibi ton of good clean foot ball. ana Bowdoin earned her victory through good playing : ana team work 1t is her second victory over Tufts this year, The first game hay ing been played at brunswick several weeks ago. The honorS Of SATURDAY : game belong 10 Hunt and Cloudnan OF Bowdoin. and Hapgood and Pierce OF Tufts TIE summary:

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)

Tufts 51% to win. Bowdoin won as Elo’s underdog.

Tufts leads 10–⁠6 in 16 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Tufts 20, Bowdoin 13
2025Tufts 13, Bowdoin 0
2024Tufts 23, Bowdoin 21
2023Tufts 24, Bowdoin 10
2022Tufts 31, Bowdoin 13
1905Tufts 10, Bowdoin 0

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