Colgate vs. Mississippi College

Colgate and Mississippi College first met in 1930 and have played 5 times; Colgate leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Colgate 5–⁠0, and Colgate has won the last 5.

Colgate wins
5
Mississippi College wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1930
Longest streak
5 Colgate
Current streak
5 Colgate
Last 10 meetings
Colgate 5–⁠0
Most recent
1952

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s3–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
33 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
5–⁠0 Colgate’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 win1952: Colgate 53, Mississippi College 12by 41 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Mississippi College, 1930 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1931 game: COLGATE vANQUISHES MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE Plays Loose Brand of Foot Ball in Scoring go Victory on Wet Field.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1932 game: TITLE-BENT COLGATE USES THREE TEAMS Mississippi College Beaten, 32-0, as Andy Kerr Tries Out Re- serve Talent.

    1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 6, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Colgate Easily Beats Mississippi College

    1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 2, 1952

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 1, 1952Colgate 53, Mississippi College 12at Colgate
Oct 26, 1940Colgate 31, Mississippi College 0at Colgate
Nov 5, 1932Colgate 32, Mississippi College 0at Colgate
Oct 31, 1931Colgate 27, Mississippi College 0at Colgate
Nov 1, 1930Colgate 34, Mississippi College 0at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.