Columbia vs. Hamilton

Columbia and Hamilton first met in 1901 and have played 3 times; Columbia leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Columbia 3–⁠0, and Columbia has won the last 3.

Columbia wins
3
Hamilton wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
3 Columbia
Current streak
3 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 3–⁠0
Most recent
1903

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
Average margin
25.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
3–⁠0 Columbia’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Hamilton, 1901 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 1902 game: COLUMBIA MAKES BIG SCORE. HAMILTON 40 MATCH FOR LOCAL UNI VERsITY TEAM-BEATEN BY 81 TO O.

    1902 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 19, 1902

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1903 game: HAMILTON BEATEN. Visitors Gain around COlumbia's End, HOsCeUer-TheS Score 29 too.

    1903 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 8, 1903

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

Oct 7, 1903Columbia 29, Hamilton 0at Columbia
Oct 18, 1902Columbia 35, Hamilton 0at Columbia
Oct 19, 1901Columbia 12, Hamilton 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.