Swarthmore at Lafayette

Saturday, October 22, 1904

Lafayette beat Swarthmore 4–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 7–⁠0.

AwaySwarthmore6–⁠3 in 1904
0
HomeLafayette8–⁠2 in 1904
4

FinalHigh 55°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current's story: Other Football Games.

    The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 23, 1904, page 1 (results column)

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    Other Football Games. (By the Associated Press.) Michigan 1870; West Virginia 0. Chicago 80; Northwestern 0. Wisconsin 81: Drake o. Minnesota 146; Grinnell 0. Illinois “a; Purdue g. Washington and Jefferson 0; Penn sylvania State II. Georgetown AT; Washington and Lee o. Navy O.; Dickinson o. Lafayette 4; Swarthmore 0. University of Florida o. Florida State College %. West Point 81; Yale 0. Harvard II: Carlisle o. Pennsylvania 16; Columbia 0. Cornell SO; Franklin Marshall 3.

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)

Lafayette 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lafayette leads 12–⁠4 in 16 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1917Swarthmore 56, Lafayette 0
1916Swarthmore 10, Lafayette 6
1915Lafayette 17, Swarthmore 0
1913Lafayette 19, Swarthmore 0
1912Swarthmore 22, Lafayette 0
1911Lafayette 12, Swarthmore 5

Around this game

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