Columbia vs. Middlebury

Columbia and Middlebury first met in 1922 and have played 6 times; Columbia leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Columbia 6–⁠0, and Columbia has won the last 6.

Columbia wins
6
Middlebury wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1922
Longest streak
6 Columbia
Current streak
6 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 6–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s3–⁠0
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
34.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
6–⁠0 Columbia’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. Columbia’s biggest win1931: Columbia 61, Middlebury 0by 61 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Middlebury, 1922 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1922 game: Columbia, Showing Improved Form, Beats Middlebury, ITO

    1922 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 12, 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 24, 1932Columbia 51, Middlebury 0at Columbia
Sep 26, 1931Columbia 61, Middlebury 0at Columbia
Sep 27, 1930Columbia 48, Middlebury 0at Columbia
Sep 28, 1929Columbia 38, Middlebury 6at Columbia
Nov 3, 1923Columbia 9, Middlebury 6at Columbia
Nov 11, 1922Columbia 17, Middlebury 6at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.