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Colgate vs. Rochester (NY)

Colgate and Rochester (NY) first met in 1905 and have played 20 times; Colgate leads the series 17–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colgate 7–⁠3.

Colgate wins
17
Rochester (NY) wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
12 Colgate
Current streak
1 Colgate
Last 10 meetings
Colgate 7–⁠3
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠0
1910s8–⁠0
1920s3–⁠1
1940s2–⁠2
Average margin
25.1 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colgate
9–⁠2 Colgate’s record at home
At Rochester (NY)
1–⁠8 Rochester (NY)‘s record at home
Shutouts
13

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 49, Rochester (NY) 0by 49 points
  2. Rochester (NY)‘s biggest win1943: Rochester (NY) 14, Colgate 6by 8 points
  3. Upset1943: Rochester (NY) 14, Colgate 6Rochester (NY) had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1920: Rochester (NY) 21, Colgate 14Rochester (NY) had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1944: Rochester (NY) 20, Colgate 13Rochester (NY) had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Rochester (NY), 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: COLGATE SURVIVES SCARE Rochester Eleven Holds Rivals Scoreless in First Half.

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 9, 1913

  • The The Bridgeport evening farmer's story of the 1916 game: FOOTBALL SATURDAY.

    1916 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Nov 13, 1916

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1919 game: Col lgate Team Wins But Rochester Puts Up Plucky Fight

    1919 · New-York tribune, Nov 9, 1919

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1920 game: COLGATE HAS THE BLUES. Eleven Discouraged by Failure to Win From Rochester.

    1920 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Nov 9, 1920

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1922 game

    1922 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 11, 1922

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 29, 1945Colgate 48, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Oct 7, 1944Rochester (NY) 20, Colgate 13at Rochester (NY)
Oct 16, 1943Rochester (NY) 14, Colgate 6at Colgate
Sep 25, 1943Colgate 7, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 10, 1923Colgate 49, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 11, 1922Colgate 40, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Nov 5, 1921Colgate 41, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Nov 6, 1920Rochester (NY) 21, Colgate 14at Colgate
Nov 8, 1919Colgate 21, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Nov 11, 1916Colgate 35, Rochester (NY) 6at Colgate
Oct 9, 1915Colgate 44, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 7, 1914Colgate 18, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 8, 1913Colgate 27, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Nov 9, 1912Colgate 27, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Nov 25, 1911Colgate 11, Rochester (NY) 5at Rochester (NY)
Nov 5, 1910Colgate 6, Rochester (NY) 5at Rochester (NY)
Nov 6, 1909Colgate 21, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Oct 5, 1907Colgate 41, Rochester (NY) 0at Colgate
Oct 6, 1906Colgate 18, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 4, 1905Colgate 53, Rochester (NY) 12at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.