Davidson vs. Presbyterian

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

1. Davidson’s biggest win1967: Davidson 38, Presbyterian 0by 38 points
2. Presbyterian’s biggest win2010: Presbyterian 42, Davidson 6by 36 points
3. Upset1949: Presbyterian 27, Davidson 7Presbyterian had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1951: Presbyterian 14, Davidson 12Presbyterian had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1922: Presbyterian 8, Davidson 7Presbyterian had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Davidson’s side (Grey 1–⁠2 against Johnson). 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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  1925 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1925

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; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.

• Davidson vs. VMI59 meetings, Davidson 17–⁠39–⁠3
• Davidson vs. The Citadel54 meetings, Davidson 21–⁠29–⁠4
• Davidson vs. Furman48 meetings, Davidson 15–⁠33
• Davidson vs. NC State40 meetings, Davidson 8–⁠27–⁠5
• Presbyterian vs. The Citadel50 meetings, Presbyterian 10–⁠39–⁠1
• Presbyterian vs. Furman46 meetings, Presbyterian 12–⁠33–⁠1
• Presbyterian vs. Clemson40 meetings, Presbyterian 3–⁠33–⁠4
• Presbyterian vs. Wofford21 meetings, Presbyterian 13–⁠8