Columbia vs. New York University

Columbia and New York University first met in 1899 and have played 6 times; Columbia leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Columbia 5–⁠0.

Columbia wins
5
New York University wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
5 Columbia
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 5–⁠0
Most recent
1925

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1920s4–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
20.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
5–⁠0–⁠1 Columbia’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. Columbia’s biggest win1924: Columbia 40, New York University 0by 40 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and New York University, 1899 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Washington herald's story of the 1922 game: n. Y. U--COLUMBIA RESULT CHANGED BY GRID REFEREE Reverses Decision, Giving Thorp's IL Safety In stead of Touchdown.

    1922 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 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

Nov 7, 1925Columbia 6, New York University 6at Columbia
Nov 8, 1924Columbia 40, New York University 0at Columbia
Nov 17, 1923Columbia 21, New York University 0at Columbia
Oct 21, 1922Columbia 6, New York University 2at Columbia
Oct 15, 1921Columbia 19, New York University 0at Columbia
Oct 18, 1899Columbia 40, New York University 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.