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Columbia vs. Union (NY)

Columbia and Union (NY) first met in 1899 and have played 11 times; Columbia leads the series 11–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Columbia 10–⁠0, and Columbia has won the last 11.

Columbia wins
11
Union (NY) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
11 Columbia
Current streak
11 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 10–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s3–⁠0
1920s4–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
27.2 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
10–⁠0 Columbia’s record at home
At Union (NY)
0–⁠1 Union (NY)‘s record at home
Shutouts
11

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 51, Union (NY) 0by 51 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Union (NY), 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 Saint Paul globe's story of the 1899 game: LOCAL FOOTBALL NOTES.

    1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 8, 1899

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: COLUMBIA OVERWHELMS UNION FOOTBALL SQUAD New York Eleven Easily Downs It's Lighter Opponents, SO to o.

    1903 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 4, 1903

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: COLUMBIA BARELY BEAT UNION MEN Scored Only Ten Points ard Expected More-One Goal Made From Field.

    1904 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Sep 25, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: COLUMBIA BEATS UNION. Blue and White EIeUen Score Easy Yictory IN First Game.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 1, 1905

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1928 game: GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY

    1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 8, 1928

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 30, 1944Columbia 21, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 3, 1931Columbia 51, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 4, 1930Columbia 25, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 5, 1929Columbia 31, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 6, 1928Columbia 27, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 1, 1927Columbia 28, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 2, 1926Columbia 26, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Sep 30, 1905Columbia 23, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Sep 24, 1904Columbia 10, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 3, 1903Columbia 36, Union (NY) 0at Columbia
Oct 7, 1899Columbia 21, Union (NY) 0at Union (NY)

Every game is listed as played on the field.