Carlisle vs. Yale

Carlisle and Yale first met in 1895 and have played 5 times; Yale leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Yale 5–⁠0, and Yale has won the last 5. Share

Carlisle wins: 0
Yale wins: 5
Ties: 0
First meeting: 1895
Longest streak: 5 Yale
Current streak: 5 Yale
Last 10 meetings: Yale 5–⁠0
Most recent: 1900

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1890s											0–⁠4
1900s											0–⁠1

Average margin: 17.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale: 5–⁠0 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts: 2

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

Games that tell the story

Yale’s biggest win1900: Yale 35, Carlisle 0by 35 points

Both programs through the years

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

1896 · The sun, New York, Oct 25, 1896
1897 · Wheeling Sunday register, Wheeling, W. Va., Oct 24, 1897
1898 · The age-herald, Oct 23, 1898
1900 · The daily morning journal and courier, Nov 12, 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.

Photos

Yale vs carlisle 1896Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The 1896 game
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The 1896 game
Yale vs carlisle gamePhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The 1896 game
Scenes from a Yale vs. Carlisle Indians football game at Manhattan FieldPhoto: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The 1896 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 10, 1900	Yale 35, Carlisle 0	at Yale
Oct 22, 1898	Yale 18, Carlisle 5	at Yale
Oct 23, 1897	Yale 24, Carlisle 9	at Yale
Oct 24, 1896	Yale 12, Carlisle 6	at Yale
Nov 6, 1895	Yale 18, Carlisle 0	at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.