Army vs. Wesleyan (CT)

Army and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1892 and have played 4 times; Army leads the series 2–⁠0–⁠2. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Army 2–⁠0, and Army has won the last 2.

Army wins
2
Wesleyan (CT) wins
0
Ties
2
First meeting
1892
Longest streak
2 Army
Current streak
2 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 2–⁠0
Most recent
1898

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0–⁠2
Average margin
5.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
2–⁠0–⁠2 Army’s record at home

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 Wesleyan (CT), 1892 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Norfolk Virginian's story of the 1896 game: Football Matches Between Many Crack eleyenS Played at Various Points. PENNSYLVANIA GAME WITH INDIANS 0unkcrs Do Some Sensational play. princeton Defeats IInrvnrd'S Crippled Tenn West Point nnd Wesleyan TIE.

    1896 · The Norfolk Virginian, Norfolk, Va., Nov 8, 1896

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1897 game: GAMES ON THE GRIDlRoN. a"ie won From Williams Saturday After noon-Other College Games.

    1897 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1897

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1898 game: OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES.

    1898 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 10, 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

Oct 8, 1898Army 27, Wesleyan (CT) 8at Army
Oct 9, 1897Army 12, Wesleyan (CT) 9at Army
Nov 7, 1896Army 12, Wesleyan (CT) 12at Army
Oct 8, 1892Army 6, Wesleyan (CT) 6at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.