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Colby at Bowdoin

Saturday, November 4, 1905

Bowdoin beat Colby 5–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Bowdoin led the series 6–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayColby0–⁠4 in 1905
0
HomeBowdoin4–⁠5 in 1905
5

FinalHigh 38°F, low 35°F, 0.83 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: BOWDOIN, 8; COLBY, 0.

    New-York tribune, November 5, 1905, page 8

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    BOWDOIN, 8; COLBY, 0. WateryiIle Me- Nov 4.-Coby played its last game of football for this season with Bowdon today and was defeated. to O. The touchdown was made by Blanchard. The feature of the game was the work of Ross of Bowdoin. in breaking through the line and tackng Chapman for a loss OF ten var

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Colby–Bowdoin game

Bowdoin leads 8–⁠4–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Colby 16, Bowdoin 6
2024Colby 34, Bowdoin 10
2023Bowdoin 35, Colby 14
2022Bowdoin 21, Colby 14
1905Bowdoin 5, Colby 0
1904Bowdoin 52, Colby 0

Around this game

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