Columbia vs. Maine

Columbia and Maine first met in 1936 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
Maine wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
3 Columbia
Current streak
3 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 3–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0
Average margin
27 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
3–⁠0 Columbia’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Maine, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1942 game: FOOT BAIL @ 5a[3SW{5 IFS Nn

    1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 5, 1942

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 3, 1942Columbia 34, Maine 2at Columbia
Oct 5, 1940Columbia 15, Maine 0at Columbia
Oct 3, 1936Columbia 34, Maine 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.