Carlisle vs. Gettysburg

Carlisle and Gettysburg first met in 1899 and have played 8 times; Carlisle leads the series 7–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Carlisle 7–⁠1, and Carlisle has won the last 5.

Carlisle wins
7
Gettysburg wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
5 Carlisle
Current streak
5 Carlisle
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 7–⁠1
Most recent
1910

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
1900s5–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
Average margin
30 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Carlisle
6–⁠1 Carlisle’s record at home
At Gettysburg
0–⁠1 Gettysburg’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1903: Carlisle 46, Gettysburg 0by 46 points
  2. Gettysburg’s biggest win1901: Gettysburg 6, Carlisle 5by 1 points
  3. Upset1901: Gettysburg 6, Carlisle 5Gettysburg had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Gettysburg, 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 Los Angeles herald's story of the 1910 game: CARLISLE OVERWHELMS GETTYSBURG RAH-RAHS

    1910 · Los Angeles herald, Oct 12, 1910

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 11, 1910Carlisle 29, Gettysburg 3at Carlisle
Nov 13, 1909Carlisle 35, Gettysburg 0at Carlisle
Oct 1, 1904Carlisle 41, Gettysburg 0at Carlisle
Sep 26, 1903Carlisle 46, Gettysburg 0at Carlisle
Sep 27, 1902Carlisle 25, Gettysburg 0at Carlisle
Oct 2, 1901Gettysburg 6, Carlisle 5at Carlisle
Oct 6, 1900Carlisle 45, Gettysburg 0at Carlisle
Sep 23, 1899Carlisle 21, Gettysburg 0at Gettysburg

Every game is listed as played on the field.