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Carlisle vs. Georgetown

Carlisle and Georgetown first met in 1902 and have played 6 times; Carlisle leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Carlisle 6–⁠0, and Carlisle has won the last 6.

Carlisle wins
6
Georgetown wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
6 Carlisle
Current streak
6 Carlisle
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 6–⁠0
Most recent
1913

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s3–⁠0
Average margin
31.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Carlisle
1–⁠0 Carlisle’s record at home
At Georgetown
0–⁠5 Georgetown’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1905: Carlisle 76, Georgetown 0by 76 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Georgetown, 1902 on130015001700190519101915

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 Indianapolis journal's story of the 1902 game: Game That Was Full Of Spectacular Runs, Sensational Tackles and Terrific Line PIunges. COLUMBIA 6 AND SYRACUSE 6 LATTER SAVED BY THE BALL BARE LY ROLLING OVER THE CROssBAR. Work of the New York City Men Bet ter than Admirers Expected Georgetown Beaten by Carlisle. PHILADELPHIA,

    1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 28, 1902

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: INDIANS ARE VICTORS Carlisle Runs Up Good Score on the Georgetown Team.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 9, 1903

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1905 game

    1905 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Dec 1, 1905

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1912 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS SATURDAY.

    1912 · Norwich bulletin, Oct 28, 1912

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1913 game: HOW CARLISLE DEFEATED GEORGETOWN, PLAY BY PLAY

    1913 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 2, 1913

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).

Every game

Nov 1, 1913Carlisle 34, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Oct 26, 1912Carlisle 34, Georgetown 20at Georgetown
Oct 14, 1911Carlisle 28, Georgetown 5at Georgetown
Nov 30, 1905Carlisle 76, Georgetown 0at Carlisle
Nov 7, 1903Carlisle 28, Georgetown 6at Georgetown
Nov 27, 1902Carlisle 21, Georgetown 0at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.