Colgate vs. Niagara

Colgate and Niagara first met in 1907 and have played 5 times; Colgate leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Colgate 4–⁠1, and Colgate has won the last 4.

Colgate wins
4
Niagara wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
4 Colgate
Current streak
4 Colgate
Last 10 meetings
Colgate 4–⁠1
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s1–⁠0
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
35.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
4–⁠1 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 win1923: Colgate 55, Niagara 0by 55 points
  2. Niagara’s biggest win1907: Niagara 11, Colgate 6by 5 points
  3. Upset1907: Niagara 11, Colgate 6Niagara had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Niagara, 1907 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 New Britain herald's story of the 1923 game: College Football Saturdays Games

    1923 · New Britain herald, Oct 8, 1923

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: Football Scores of Sat. Ganles

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 30, 1935

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 28, 1935Colgate 30, Niagara 0at Colgate
Oct 8, 1932Colgate 47, Niagara 0at Colgate
Sep 26, 1931Colgate 40, Niagara 0at Colgate
Oct 6, 1923Colgate 55, Niagara 0at Colgate
Sep 21, 1907Niagara 11, Colgate 6at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.