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Beloit vs. Lawrence

Beloit and Lawrence have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Beloit leads the series 6–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Beloit 5–⁠4, and Beloit has won the last 2.

Beloit wins
6
Lawrence wins
4
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
2 Beloit
Current streak
2 Beloit
Last 10 meetings
Beloit 5–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s1–⁠3–⁠1
2020s4–⁠1
Average margin
20.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Beloit
2–⁠2–⁠1 Beloit’s record at home
At Lawrence
2–⁠4 Lawrence’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Beloit’s biggest win2022: Beloit 56, Lawrence 0by 56 points
  2. Lawrence’s biggest win1902: Lawrence 24, Beloit 0by 24 points
  3. Upset1902: Lawrence 24, Beloit 0Lawrence had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2024: Lawrence 24, Beloit 10Lawrence had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1903: Lawrence 22, Beloit 0Lawrence had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Beloit and Lawrence, 1899 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 Little Falls herald's story of the 1904 game: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1904 · Little Falls herald, Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn., Nov 4, 1904

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 10, 2026Beloit 27, Lawrence 17at Lawrence
Oct 18, 2025Beloit 34, Lawrence 0at Lawrence
Oct 19, 2024Lawrence 24, Beloit 10at Beloit
Oct 14, 2023Beloit 34, Lawrence 14at Lawrence
Oct 22, 2022Beloit 56, Lawrence 0at Beloit
Oct 21, 1905Lawrence 12, Beloit 0at Lawrence
Oct 29, 1904Beloit 5, Lawrence 5at Beloit
Nov 14, 1903Lawrence 22, Beloit 0at Lawrence
Nov 8, 1902Lawrence 24, Beloit 0at Beloit
Oct 20, 1900Beloit 26, Lawrence 0at Beloit
Oct 28, 1899Beloit 11, Lawrence 0at Lawrence

Every game is listed as played on the field.