Carlisle vs. Minnesota

Carlisle and Minnesota first met in 1906 and have played 3 times; Carlisle leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Carlisle 2–⁠1.

Carlisle wins
2
Minnesota wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1906
Longest streak
2 Carlisle
Current streak
1 Minnesota
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 2–⁠1
Most recent
1908

The series at a glance

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

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 Minnesota, 1906 on13001500170019101915

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1906 game: GOPHERS SCALPED BY THE RED MEN IN BIG INTER-SECTIONAL CONTEST Greatest Crowd in the History Of Minnesota Football Sees the Ma 1 room and Gold Humbled by Carlisle.

    1906 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 18, 1906

  • The Evening star's story of the 1907 game: INDIANS BARELY WIN OUT DEFEATED ONLY BY 12 TO 10.

    1907 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1907

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1908 game: INDIANS IN DEFEAT. Minnesota Beats Carlisle by Ere 0Uent Use of ForzCard Pass.

    1908 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 22, 1908

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 21, 1908Minnesota 11, Carlisle 6at Minnesota
Nov 16, 1907Carlisle 12, Minnesota 10at Minnesota
Nov 17, 1906Carlisle 17, Minnesota 0at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.