Colgate vs. Hamilton

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

Colgate wins
7
Hamilton wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
7 Colgate
Current streak
7 Colgate
Last 10 meetings
Colgate 7–⁠0
Most recent
1927

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
1920s2–⁠0
Average margin
20.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
4–⁠0 Colgate’s record at home
At Hamilton
0–⁠3 Hamilton’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colgate’s biggest win1909: Colgate 48, Hamilton 0by 48 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Hamilton, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 sun's story of the 1907 game: COLGATE THE WINNER. Annual Same with Hamilton Goes ny score NJ I'd to lO.

    1907 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 10, 1907

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

Sep 24, 1927Colgate 21, Hamilton 0at Colgate
Sep 25, 1926Colgate 19, Hamilton 0at Colgate
Oct 9, 1909Colgate 48, Hamilton 0at Colgate
Nov 14, 1908Colgate 22, Hamilton 0at Hamilton
Nov 9, 1907Colgate 20, Hamilton 10at Hamilton
Nov 10, 1906Colgate 35, Hamilton 16at Hamilton
Nov 18, 1905Colgate 17, Hamilton 15at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.