Andover vs. Williams

Andover and Williams first met in 1896 and have played 3 times; Williams leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Williams 3–⁠0, and Williams has won the last 3.

Andover wins
0
Williams wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1896
Longest streak
3 Williams
Current streak
3 Williams
Last 10 meetings
Williams 3–⁠0
Most recent
1899

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠3
Average margin
13.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Andover
0–⁠1 Andover’s record at home
At Williams
2–⁠0 Williams’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Andover and Williams, 1896 on13001500170019001905

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1898 game: WILLIAMS WON. Andover, Mass, Sept. 30.-Football- Williams 6, Phillips-A O. DAN Q.'s FAST PACING.

    1898 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 1, 1898

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 27, 1899Williams 10, Andover 0at Andover
Sep 28, 1898Williams 6, Andover 0at Williams
Oct 10, 1896Williams 24, Andover 0at Williams

Every game is listed as played on the field.