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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠7
1950s6–⁠4
1960s2–⁠0
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

  1. Arizona State’s biggest win1955: Arizona State 69, Hardin Simmons 14by 55 points
  2. Hardin Simmons’s biggest win1947: Hardin Simmons 42, Arizona State 0by 42 points
  3. Upset1958: Hardin Simmons 14, Arizona State 6Hardin Simmons had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1953: Hardin Simmons 27, Arizona State 20Hardin Simmons had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArizona StateSeriesHardin Simmons
1947–⁠1950Edward Doherty0–⁠4Warren 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona State and Hardin Simmons, 1938 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1947 game: Three Bowl Contests Slated Saturday in California, Texas

    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

Oct 28, 1961Arizona State 47, Hardin Simmons 0at Arizona State
Oct 8, 1960Arizona State 28, Hardin Simmons 0at Hardin Simmons
Nov 21, 1959Arizona State 14, Hardin Simmons 8at Arizona State
Oct 11, 1958Hardin Simmons 14, Arizona State 6at Arizona State
Oct 12, 1957Arizona State 35, Hardin Simmons 26at Arizona State
Oct 20, 1956Arizona State 26, Hardin Simmons 13at Hardin Simmons
Oct 29, 1955Arizona State 69, Hardin Simmons 14at Arizona State
Oct 30, 1954Arizona State 14, Hardin Simmons 13at Hardin Simmons
Oct 31, 1953Hardin Simmons 27, Arizona State 20at Arizona State
Sep 20, 1952Arizona State 26, Hardin Simmons 7at Hardin Simmons
Oct 13, 1951Hardin Simmons 39, Arizona State 14at Arizona State
Oct 14, 1950Hardin Simmons 41, Arizona State 14at Hardin Simmons
Oct 1, 1949Hardin Simmons 34, Arizona State 13at Hardin Simmons
Nov 20, 1948Hardin Simmons 63, Arizona State 25at Hardin Simmons
Dec 6, 1947Hardin Simmons 42, Arizona State 0at Arizona State
Oct 26, 1946Hardin Simmons 46, Arizona State 6at Hardin Simmons
Oct 24, 1942Hardin Simmons 21, Arizona State 0at Hardin Simmons
Dec 6, 1941Hardin Simmons 20, Arizona State 0at Arizona State
Oct 5, 1940Hardin Simmons 17, Arizona State 0at Hardin Simmons
Nov 4, 1939Hardin Simmons 19, Arizona State 7at Hardin Simmons
Nov 5, 1938Hardin Simmons 12, Arizona State 7Neutral site

Every game is listed as played on the field.