Army vs. Dickinson

Army and Dickinson first met in 1902 and have played 4 times; Army leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Army 4–⁠0, and Army has won the last 4.

Army wins
4
Dickinson wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
4 Army
Current streak
4 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 4–⁠0
Most recent
1929

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
1920s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
4–⁠0 Army’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 Army and Dickinson, 1902 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 Omaha daily bee's story of the 1902 game: WEST POINT is VICTORIOUS Cadets Carry sloppy Ball Across Line, While Dickinson Fails to Score.

    1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 12, 1902

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: WEST POINT WINS FROM DICKINSON

    1903 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 11, 1903

  • The Evening star's story of the 1929 game: ARMY PILES 89-T0-7 SCORE ON DICKINSON

    1929 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1929

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

Nov 16, 1929Army 89, Dickinson 7at Army
Oct 8, 1904Army 18, Dickinson 0at Army
Oct 10, 1903Army 12, Dickinson 0at Army
Oct 11, 1902Army 11, Dickinson 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.