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Bowdoin vs. Tufts

Bowdoin and Tufts first met in 1893 and have played 16 times; Tufts leads the series 10–⁠6. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tufts 8–⁠2, and Tufts has won the last 6.

Bowdoin wins
6
Tufts wins
10
Ties
0
First meeting
1893
Longest streak
6 Tufts
Current streak
6 Tufts
Last 10 meetings
Tufts 8–⁠2
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s4–⁠4
1900s2–⁠1
2020s0–⁠5
Average margin
8.7 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowdoin
2–⁠4 Bowdoin’s record at home
At Tufts
6–⁠4 Tufts’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bowdoin’s biggest win1893: Bowdoin 14, Tufts 4by 10 points
  2. Tufts’s biggest win2022: Tufts 31, Bowdoin 13by 18 points
  3. Upset1893: Bowdoin 14, Tufts 4Bowdoin had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1896: Bowdoin 4, Tufts 0Bowdoin had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowdoin and Tufts, 1893 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 1898 game: BoWDoIN, 6; TUFTS, 5. The Game Won in First Half, B, Tufts Poor Luck. Each Made touchdown. But Tufts Failed 10 Kick Goal.

    1898 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 5, 1898

  • The The Portland daily press's story of the 1899 game: LOST TO TUFTS. Bowdoin Foot Ball Team Defeated SIX 10 Nothing.

    1899 · The Portland daily press, Maine, Oct 20, 1899

  • The The Portland daily press's story of the 1900 game: BOWDOIN WINS. Defeated Tufts at Football satur- day. ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS. ]

    1900 · The Portland daily press, Maine, Oct 15, 1900

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1900 game: BOWDOIN. It.. TUFTS. lI- Milne Team Wins Second Game This Year from Strongest Rivals.

    1900 · Daily Kennebec journal, Nov 19, 1900

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: TUFTS, 10; BoWDoIN, o.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 29, 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

Oct 10, 2026Tufts 20, Bowdoin 13at Tufts
Sep 13, 2025Tufts 13, Bowdoin 0at Bowdoin
Sep 14, 2024Tufts 23, Bowdoin 21at Tufts
Oct 7, 2023Tufts 24, Bowdoin 10at Bowdoin
Oct 8, 2022Tufts 31, Bowdoin 13at Tufts
Oct 28, 1905Tufts 10, Bowdoin 0at Tufts
Nov 17, 1900Bowdoin 17, Tufts 11at Tufts
Oct 13, 1900Bowdoin 5, Tufts 0at Bowdoin
Oct 21, 1899Tufts 17, Bowdoin 5at Bowdoin
Oct 14, 1899Tufts 6, Bowdoin 0at Tufts
Nov 5, 1898Bowdoin 6, Tufts 5at Tufts
Oct 15, 1898Bowdoin 18, Tufts 11at Bowdoin
Oct 16, 1897Tufts 20, Bowdoin 8at Bowdoin
Sep 27, 1897Tufts 18, Bowdoin 6at Tufts
Sep 26, 1896Bowdoin 4, Tufts 0at Tufts
Oct 7, 1893Bowdoin 14, Tufts 4at Tufts

Every game is listed as played on the field.