Columbia vs. Pennsylvania

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

1. Columbia’s biggest win2019: Columbia 44, Pennsylvania 6by 38 points
2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1958: Pennsylvania 42, Columbia 0by 42 points
3. Upset1960: Columbia 16, Pennsylvania 6Columbia had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1901: Columbia 11, Pennsylvania 0Columbia had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1945: Pennsylvania 32, Columbia 7No. 10 Columbia at No. 9 Pennsylvania

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Columbia’s side (Little 2–⁠1 against Harman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1890 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 23, 1890

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  1900 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 21, 1900

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  1901 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 3, 1901

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  1902 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 2, 1902

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  1903 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Columbia vs. Cornell91 meetings, Columbia 36–⁠52–⁠3
• Columbia vs. Yale81 meetings, Columbia 17–⁠62–⁠2
• Columbia vs. Princeton74 meetings, Columbia 12–⁠61–⁠1
• Columbia vs. Dartmouth73 meetings, Columbia 16–⁠57
• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4
• Pennsylvania vs. Harvard74 meetings, Pennsylvania 25–⁠47–⁠2