Bowdoin vs. Maine

Bowdoin and Maine first met in 1896 and have played 7 times; Bowdoin leads the series 5–⁠2. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Bowdoin 5–⁠2.

Bowdoin wins
5
Maine wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1896
Longest streak
4 Bowdoin
Current streak
1 Maine
Last 10 meetings
Bowdoin 5–⁠2
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s3–⁠0
1900s2–⁠2
Average margin
19.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowdoin
5–⁠0 Bowdoin’s record at home
At Maine
2–⁠0 Maine’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

  1. Bowdoin’s biggest win1900: Bowdoin 38, Maine 0by 38 points
  2. Maine’s biggest win1905: Maine 18, Bowdoin 0by 18 points
  3. Upset1901: Maine 22, Bowdoin 5Maine had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowdoin and Maine, 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 1905 game: A GRAND CELEBRATION Grects Victorious Maine in Orono On Return from Bowdoin Game.

    1905 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 20, 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 18, 1905Maine 18, Bowdoin 0at Maine
Nov 5, 1904Bowdoin 22, Maine 5at Bowdoin
Nov 23, 1901Maine 22, Bowdoin 5at Maine
Nov 24, 1900Bowdoin 38, Maine 0at Bowdoin
Sep 30, 1899Bowdoin 14, Maine 0at Bowdoin
Sep 24, 1898Bowdoin 28, Maine 0at Bowdoin
Nov 14, 1896Bowdoin 12, Maine 6at Bowdoin

Every game is listed as played on the field.