Carlisle vs. Cincinnati

Carlisle and Cincinnati first met in 1896 and have played 4 times; Carlisle leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Carlisle 4–⁠0, and Carlisle has won the last 4.

Carlisle wins
4
Cincinnati wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1896
Longest streak
4 Carlisle
Current streak
4 Carlisle
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 4–⁠0
Most recent
1906

The series at a glance

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

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Cincinnati, 1896 on1300150017001900190519101915

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 The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1897 game: 0UT-PLAYED BY nDIANs. Final Score at Cincinnati Ten to SGthfnw.

    1897 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 26, 1897

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 13, 1906Carlisle 18, Cincinnati 0at Cincinnati
Oct 10, 1905Carlisle 34, Cincinnati 5at Cincinnati
Nov 25, 1897Carlisle 10, Cincinnati 0at Cincinnati
Nov 14, 1896Carlisle 28, Cincinnati 0at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.