Carlisle vs. Villanova

Carlisle and Villanova first met in 1905 and have played 7 times; Carlisle leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Carlisle 7–⁠0, and Carlisle has won the last 7.

Carlisle wins
7
Villanova wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
7 Carlisle
Current streak
7 Carlisle
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 7–⁠0
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
Average margin
20.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Carlisle
7–⁠0 Carlisle’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1912: Carlisle 65, Villanova 0by 65 points

Coach against coach

YearsCarlisleSeriesVillanova
1907–⁠1910Pop Warner4–⁠0Fred Crolius

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Carlisle’s side (Warner 4–⁠0 against Crolius). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Villanova, 1905 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 Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: VICTORY FOR INDIANS Carlisle Scores Twice Oh the VillanOVa Team. TOUCHDOWN AND FIELD GOAL

    1907 · The Washington herald, Sep 29, 1907

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1908 game: CARLISLE BEATS YILLANOYA TEAM

    1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Sep 27, 1908

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1910 game: CARLISLE TRIMS VILLANOVA Dupuis Makes Only Touchdown of Game.

    1910 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Sep 25, 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 2, 1912Carlisle 65, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 24, 1910Carlisle 6, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 25, 1909Carlisle 9, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 26, 1908Carlisle 10, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 28, 1907Carlisle 10, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 22, 1906Carlisle 6, Villanova 0at Carlisle
Sep 30, 1905Carlisle 35, Villanova 0at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.