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. Share
- 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
- 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
| Years | Carlisle | Series | Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899–1901 | Pop Warner | 1–2 | George 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
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

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

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

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, 1901 | Columbia 40, Carlisle 12 | at Columbia | ||
| Nov 29, 1900 | Columbia 17, Carlisle 6 | at Columbia | ||
| Nov 30, 1899 | Carlisle 45, Columbia 0 | at Columbia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.