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Bowdoin vs. Colby

Bowdoin and Colby have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1896; Bowdoin leads the series 8–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Bowdoin 6–⁠4, and Colby has won the last 2.

Bowdoin wins
8
Colby wins
4
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1896
Longest streak
4 Bowdoin
Current streak
2 Colby
Last 10 meetings
Bowdoin 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s3–⁠1–⁠1
1900s3–⁠1
2020s2–⁠2
Average margin
19.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowdoin
6–⁠1–⁠1 Bowdoin’s record at home
At Colby
3–⁠2 Colby’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bowdoin’s biggest win1900: Bowdoin 68, Colby 0by 68 points
  2. Colby’s biggest win2024: Colby 34, Bowdoin 10by 24 points
  3. Upset1901: Colby 12, Bowdoin 0Colby had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2024: Colby 34, Bowdoin 10Colby had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowdoin and Colby, 1896 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 Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1896 game: A TIE GAME. Bowdoin Fails to MOP the Earth With Colby's Eleven. The Great Contest Fought to Draw, Score Standing 6 to 6. Colby's New Coach Has Done wonders Bowdoin Now Champion. A TIE GAME.

    1896 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 12, 1896

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1898 game: scWDo'N. II; COLBY. o. The Old Rivals Fight Out Stubborn Game : BoWdoin Wins in Last Half.

    1898 · Daily Kennebec journal, Maine, Nov 14, 1898

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: BOWDOIN, 8; COLBY, 0.

    1905 · New-York tribune, Nov 5, 1905

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 14, 2026Colby at Bowdoin upcomingat Bowdoin
Nov 8, 2025Colby 16, Bowdoin 6at Colby
Nov 9, 2024Colby 34, Bowdoin 10at Bowdoin
Nov 11, 2023Bowdoin 35, Colby 14at Colby
Nov 12, 2022Bowdoin 21, Colby 14at Bowdoin
Nov 4, 1905Bowdoin 5, Colby 0at Bowdoin
Oct 8, 1904Bowdoin 52, Colby 0at Bowdoin
Oct 12, 1901Colby 12, Bowdoin 0at Colby
Oct 10, 1900Bowdoin 68, Colby 0at Bowdoin
Nov 18, 1899Colby 6, Bowdoin 0at Colby
Nov 12, 1898Bowdoin 17, Colby 0at Colby
Oct 22, 1898Bowdoin 24, Colby 0at Bowdoin
Nov 7, 1896Bowdoin 6, Colby 6at Bowdoin
Oct 17, 1896Bowdoin 12, Colby 0at Bowdoin

Every game is listed as played on the field.