Army vs. Colgate

Army and Colgate have 31 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Army leads the series 24–⁠5–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 9–⁠1, and Army has won the last 7.

Army wins
24
Colgate wins
5
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
7 Army
Current streak
7 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 9–⁠1
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0–⁠2
1910s4–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
1950s5–⁠0
1960s0–⁠1
1970s2–⁠0
1980s3–⁠2
1990s4–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.7 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
24–⁠5–⁠2 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1958: Army 68, Colgate 6by 62 points
  2. Colgate’s biggest win1915: Colgate 13, Army 0by 13 points
  3. Upset1987: Colgate 22, Army 20Colgate had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1915: Colgate 13, Army 0Colgate had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1976: Army 29, Colgate 13Army had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesColgate
1913–⁠1915Charles Daly2–⁠1Laurence Bankart

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Daly 2–⁠1 against Bankart). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Colgate, 1903 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1905 game: West Point Defeats Colgate.

    1905 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1905

  • The The sun's story of the 1906 game: Army and Colgate Play a Tie.

    1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 14, 1906

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1907 game: ARMY SCORES ONLY ONCE. Rain Causes Loose Handling of Ball against Colgate Team.

    1907 · New-York tribune, Nov 3, 1907

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1908 game: ARMY BEATS COLGATE. Wins by Score of 8 to o, the Some al Year Ago.

    1908 · New-York tribune, Oct 25, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1911 game: TRIUMPH FOR ARMY Trims Colgate in Last Contest on Home Grounds, IL to 6. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN Blocking an Attempted Punt Out of Danger Gave Cadets Another Touchdown. HYATT MAKES 2O-YARD RUN

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 1911

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 15, 2022Army 42, Colgate 17at Army
Nov 17, 2018Army 28, Colgate 14at Army
Oct 25, 1997Army 35, Colgate 27at Army
Oct 28, 1995Army 56, Colgate 14at Army
Sep 11, 1993Army 30, Colgate 0at Army
Sep 14, 1991Army 51, Colgate 22at Army
Nov 18, 1989Army 59, Colgate 14at Army
Oct 17, 1987Colgate 22, Army 20at Army
Oct 26, 1985Army 45, Colgate 43at Army
Sep 15, 1984Army 41, Colgate 15at Army
Sep 10, 1983Colgate 15, Army 13at Army
Oct 28, 1978Army 28, Colgate 3at Army
Nov 13, 1976Army 29, Colgate 13at Army
Oct 30, 1965Colgate 29, Army 28at Army
Nov 1, 19583Army 68, Colgate 6at Army
Nov 2, 19579Army 53, Colgate 7at Army
Nov 3, 1956Army 55, Colgate 46at Army
Oct 29, 1955Army 27, Colgate 7at Army
Sep 30, 19502Army 28, Colgate 0at Army
Oct 2, 1943Army 42, Colgate 0at Army
Oct 31, 1936Colgate 14, 6Army 7at Army
Oct 16, 1915Colgate 13, Army 0at Army
Oct 17, 1914Army 21, Colgate 7at Army
Oct 18, 1913Army 7, Colgate 6at Army
Oct 26, 1912Army 18, Colgate 7at Army
Nov 18, 1911Army 12, Colgate 6at Army
Oct 24, 1908Army 6, Colgate 0at Army
Nov 2, 1907Army 6, Colgate 0at Army
Oct 13, 1906Army 0, Colgate 0at Army
Oct 7, 1905Army 18, Colgate 6at Army
Sep 26, 1903Army 0, Colgate 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.