Carlisle vs. Columbia

Carlisle and Columbia first met in 1899 and have played 3 times; Columbia leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Columbia 2–⁠1, and Columbia has won the last 2.

Carlisle wins
1
Columbia wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
2 Columbia
Current streak
2 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 2–⁠1
Most recent
1901

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s0–⁠2
Average margin
28 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
2–⁠1 Columbia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Coach against coach

YearsCarlisleSeriesColumbia
1899–⁠1901Pop Warner1–⁠2George Sanford

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Carlisle’s side (Warner 1–⁠2 against Sanford). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Columbia, 1899 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1899 game: INDIANS BIG TRIUMPH. THE CARLISLE ELEVEN OyERWHELMS COLUMBIA ~ TO D. NEw-YORK PLAY -;Rs ~ POOR CONDITION A MEAGRE SHOWING AGAINST THE MAGNIFr -ENT WORK OF THE VISITORS

    1899 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Dec 1, 1899

  • The The Seattle post-intelligencer's story of the 1900 game: COLUMBIA DEFEATED CARLISLE INDIANS.

    1900 · The Seattle post-intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], Nov 30, 1900

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1901 game: COLUWBYA-TNDIAN GAME. Indians Were Only Able to Score in tho I.nst Five Minutes.

    1901 · The daily morning journal and courier, Nov 29, 1901

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 28, 1901Columbia 40, Carlisle 12at Columbia
Nov 29, 1900Columbia 17, Carlisle 6at Columbia
Nov 30, 1899Carlisle 45, Columbia 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.