Bates at Bowdoin

Saturday, November 9, 1901

Bates beat Bowdoin 11–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayBates3–⁠3 in 1901
11
HomeBowdoin2–⁠7 in 1901
0

FinalHigh 48°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: BATES. II: BOWDOiN. 0. immense Crowd Sees Bates Down Crippled Vt Piucky Rivals.

    Daily Kennebec journal, November 11, 1901, page 2

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    BATES. II: BOWDOiN. 0. immense Crowd Sees Bates Down Crippled Vt Piucky Rivals. ! great game of al football games was | played between Bates and Eowdoin. “a, urd”y AFTERNOON. ~ ,:arc.lon field ANA | res.ilted in victory for Bates. u r.” .. s. | great was the interest IN his game that | srobai ~ the largest crowd ever ON Gar | celnn ii”id Was present. IN” grand | stand was crowded u it~ utmost tapat.- | ~. The bi”arhtr wa< packed win 10” | ,uu men and immcns. crowds were gath ,red along the sides. tn. day Wa an “N- | ctllcnt one for the players and mot AZ an | uncomfortable TOR the spectators | The Bates hogs occupied IN” SuAlh “nd | # Tn” grand stand. being gathered IN . body a. civ” their men hearty support | with cheers. The B0wdoin boys pc’u lied | IN, hlrach,r on III” wet sid” ~ TN n”.i Not man was allowed on the I’D” Hines ma ~ officers w1T” kept busy ln H -pinA | the crowd. at times wild with ‘rthIs- | idsm within proper bounds The Bon | IN Us cam” ~ nom Hrun>”i”k ~ ~ sp.ciA! cars and reached the kr”unds A | about 80. The Bales Il ‘d-nts mar, he’d | INTO the field in a body. | At precisely 2.15 tn. Bates players cam | running onto tho NJ = and wrr” greeted by tremendous Yell from IN” rheeTets | ~ the grand stand. soon tn. Bowiuln | plaX”rs followed and were greeted rs tu | -iual uproar Of welcome. Each team tt”lt tbout iiNo minute tor sigma prIrtiC ..tt | th,n the whistle blew for the game 70 begin. IN” nol~” wH< fairly draf”LlnH. | nearly half thr people present wrr- SUP | 1lird with m”gaphnnrs. Runs tor Eat and RnwdutH Wei. iningl’d. each I’D rNiHg tp udtdo M other IN -h,Ht!uE- | Ehr rlay’rS ~ ‘a,h team w’rt cherrci | !l tlru. 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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 78% to win. Bates pulled the upset.

Bowdoin leads 7–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the six 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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