Colgate vs. New York University

Colgate and New York University first met in 1921 and have played 10 times; New York University leads the series 5–⁠3–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s New York University 5–⁠3, and New York University has won the last 3.

Colgate wins
3
New York University wins
5
Ties
2
First meeting
1921
Longest streak
3 New York University
Current streak
3 New York University
Last 10 meetings
New York University 5–⁠3
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1–⁠2
1930s3–⁠4
Average margin
9 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
0–⁠1–⁠1 Colgate’s record at home
At New York University
4–⁠3–⁠1 New York University’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Colgate’s biggest win1932: Colgate 14, New York University 0by 14 points
  2. New York University’s biggest win1928: New York University 47, Colgate 6by 41 points

Coach against coach

YearsColgateSeriesNew York University
1937–⁠1939Andrew Kerr0–⁠3Mal Stevens

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colgate’s side (Kerr 0–⁠3 against Stevens). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and New York University, 1921 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 1928 game: new YORK U. CRUSHES COLGATE IN 47-6 tilt

    1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game

    1930 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 7, 1930

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 30, 1939New York University 7, Colgate 6at Colgate
Nov 11, 1938New York University 13, Colgate 7at New York University
Oct 30, 1937New York University 14, Colgate 7at New York University
Oct 21, 1933Colgate 7, New York University 0at New York University
Oct 22, 1932Colgate 14, New York University 0at New York University
Oct 24, 1931New York University 13, Colgate 0at New York University
Dec 6, 1930Colgate 7, New York University 6at New York University
Oct 27, 1928New York University 47, Colgate 6at New York University
Oct 29, 1927Colgate 0, New York University 0at Colgate
Oct 29, 1921New York University 7, Colgate 7at New York University

Every game is listed as played on the field.