Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania

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

1. Carlisle’s biggest win1907: Carlisle 26, Pennsylvania 6by 20 points
2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1895: Pennsylvania 36, Carlisle 0by 36 points
3. Upset1899: Carlisle 16, Pennsylvania 5Carlisle had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1912: Pennsylvania 34, Carlisle 26Pennsylvania had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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

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.

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  1896 · The herald, California, Nov 8, 1896

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  1897 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 7, 1897

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  1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 13, 1898

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  1899 · The Middleburgh post, Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa., Oct 19, 1899

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  1900 · The times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 18, 1900

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Carlisle vs. Lebanon Valley14 meetings, Carlisle 13–⁠0–⁠1
• Carlisle vs. Harvard14 meetings, Carlisle 2–⁠12
• Carlisle vs. Dickinson12 meetings, Carlisle 12–⁠0
• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Columbia84 meetings, Pennsylvania 61–⁠22–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4