Columbia vs. Swarthmore
Columbia and Swarthmore first met in 1902 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. Share
- Columbia wins
- 3
- Swarthmore wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 3 Columbia
- Current streak
- 3 Columbia
- Last 10 meetings
- Columbia 3–0
- Most recent
- 1904
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13.7 points; 1 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
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
1902 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 16, 1902
1903 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 15, 1903
1904 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 13, 1904
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 12, 1904 | Columbia 12, Swarthmore 0 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 14, 1903 | Columbia 5, Swarthmore 0 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 15, 1902 | Columbia 24, Swarthmore 0 | at Columbia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.