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Columbia vs. Wesleyan (CT)

Columbia and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1890 and have played 16 times; Columbia leads the series 14–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Columbia 10–⁠0, and Columbia has won the last 11.

Columbia wins
14
Wesleyan (CT) wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1890
Longest streak
11 Columbia
Current streak
11 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 10–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s3–⁠0–⁠1
1920s9–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
Average margin
24.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
13–⁠1–⁠1 Columbia’s record at home
At Wesleyan (CT)
0–⁠1 Wesleyan (CT)‘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 win1925: Columbia 64, Wesleyan (CT) 0by 64 points
  2. Wesleyan (CT)‘s biggest win1890: Wesleyan (CT) 4, Columbia 0by 4 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Wesleyan (CT), 1890 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 1903 game: downs, Bergen 1. O'Brien 2, Neussler Thorpe l. Goals, Rogers 4. coIumbia. 10: WESLEYAN. o.

    1903 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Sep 27, 1903

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: COLUMBIA EASILY DEFEATED WESLEYAN

    1904 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: WESLEYAN TIES COLUMBIA Ns:tber Team Able to Score IN Game nt american League PARK.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 8, 1905

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: COLUMBIA DEFEATS WESLEYAN EASILY Heavy Blue and White War riors Score ID to 8 Victory. IMPROVEMENT MARKED Local Collegians Play Impress sively, Moszczenski and Koppisch Starring.

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 9, 1921

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1922 game: ONE TOUCHDOWN FOR LOCAL COLLEGIANS Most of Blue and White Threats Are Not Sus- tanned. RODERICK'S FIELD GOAL Clinchcs Victory After Metho- dists Score With Aid Of Costly Penalty.

    1922 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 15, 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

Oct 10, 1931Columbia 37, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 11, 1930Columbia 48, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 12, 1929Columbia 52, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 13, 1928Columbia 31, Wesleyan (CT) 7at Columbia
Oct 8, 1927Columbia 28, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 9, 1926Columbia 41, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 10, 1925Columbia 64, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 11, 1924Columbia 35, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 13, 1923Columbia 12, Wesleyan (CT) 6at Columbia
Oct 14, 1922Columbia 10, Wesleyan (CT) 6at Columbia
Oct 8, 1921Columbia 14, Wesleyan (CT) 3at Columbia
Oct 7, 1905Columbia 0, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 1, 1904Columbia 16, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Sep 26, 1903Columbia 10, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 6, 1900Columbia 12, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Columbia
Oct 18, 1890Wesleyan (CT) 4, Columbia 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.