Bates vs. Bowdoin
Bates and Bowdoin first met in 1896 and have played 10 times; Bowdoin leads the series 7–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Bowdoin 7–3, and Bowdoin has won the last 3. Share
- Bates wins
- 3
- Bowdoin wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 3 Bowdoin
- Current streak
- 3 Bowdoin
- Last 10 meetings
- Bowdoin 7–3
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 10.2 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bates
- 1–3 Bates’s record at home
- At Bowdoin
- 4–2 Bowdoin’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bates’s biggest win1901: Bates 11, Bowdoin 0by 11 points
- Bowdoin’s biggest win1896: Bowdoin 22, Bates 0by 22 points
- Upset1901: Bates 11, Bowdoin 0Bates had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
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 7, 2026 | Bowdoin at Bates upcoming | at Bates | ||
| Nov 1, 2025 | Bowdoin 17, Bates 9 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 2, 2024 | Bowdoin 35, Bates 24 | at Bates | ||
| Oct 14, 2023 | Bowdoin 35, Bates 20 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bates 21, Bowdoin 14 | at Bates | ||
| Nov 11, 1905 | Bowdoin 6, Bates 0 | at Bates | ||
| Nov 12, 1904 | Bowdoin 12, Bates 6 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 9, 1901 | Bates 11, Bowdoin 0 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Nov 4, 1899 | Bowdoin 16, Bates 6 | at Bates | ||
| Oct 1, 1898 | Bates 6, Bowdoin 0 | at Bowdoin | ||
| Oct 10, 1896 | Bowdoin 22, Bates 0 | at Bowdoin |
Every game is listed as played on the field.