Arizona State vs. Hardin Simmons
Arizona State and Hardin Simmons first met in 1938 and have played 21 times; Hardin Simmons leads the series 13–8. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arizona State 8–2, and Arizona State has won the last 3. Share
- Arizona State wins
- 8
- Hardin Simmons wins
- 13
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1938
- Longest streak
- 11 Hardin Simmons
- Current streak
- 3 Arizona State
- Last 10 meetings
- Arizona State 8–2
- Most recent
- 1961
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–7 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 22 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arizona State
- 4–5 Arizona State’s record at home
- At Hardin Simmons
- 7–4 Hardin Simmons’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Arizona State first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arizona State’s biggest win1955: Arizona State 69, Hardin Simmons 14by 55 points
- Hardin Simmons’s biggest win1947: Hardin Simmons 42, Arizona State 0by 42 points
- Upset1958: Hardin Simmons 14, Arizona State 6Hardin Simmons had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1953: Hardin Simmons 27, Arizona State 20Hardin Simmons had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Arizona State | Series | Hardin Simmons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–1950 | Edward Doherty | 0–4 | Warren Woodson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona State’s side (Doherty 0–4 against Woodson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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

1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 8, 1947
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.