Davidson vs. Erskine

Davidson and Erskine first met in 1930 and have played 7 times; Davidson leads the series 6–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Davidson 6–⁠0, and Davidson has won the last 5.

Davidson wins
6
Erskine wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1930
Longest streak
5 Davidson
Current streak
5 Davidson
Last 10 meetings
Davidson 6–⁠0
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s4–⁠0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Davidson
6–⁠0–⁠1 Davidson’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. Davidson’s biggest win1946: Davidson 74, Erskine 0by 74 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Davidson and Erskine, 1930 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Henderson daily dispatch's story of the 1937 game: DAVIDSON IS NEXT ON DUKE SCHEDULE Wildcats Steadily Increas- ing In Strength As In jured Return

    1937 · Henderson daily dispatch, Henderson, N.C., Sep 28, 1937

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1938 game: Football Scores

    1938 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 9, 1938

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 28, 1950Davidson 44, Erskine 0at Davidson
Sep 28, 1946Davidson 74, Erskine 0at Davidson
Nov 18, 1939Davidson 32, Erskine 6at Davidson
Oct 8, 1938Davidson 33, Erskine 0at Davidson
Sep 25, 1937Davidson 21, Erskine 6at Davidson
Oct 24, 1931Davidson 0, Erskine 0at Davidson
Oct 4, 1930Davidson 21, Erskine 0at Davidson

Every game is listed as played on the field.