Dickinson vs. Johns Hopkins

Dickinson and Johns Hopkins first met in 1891 and have played 7 times; Johns Hopkins leads the series 4–⁠3. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Johns Hopkins 4–⁠3.

Dickinson wins
3
Johns Hopkins wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1891
Longest streak
4 Johns Hopkins
Current streak
1 Dickinson
Last 10 meetings
Johns Hopkins 4–⁠3
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠4
Average margin
25.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dickinson
2–⁠2 Dickinson’s record at home
At Johns Hopkins
2–⁠1 Johns Hopkins’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dickinson’s biggest win1891: Dickinson 52, Johns Hopkins 0by 52 points
  2. Johns Hopkins’s biggest win2025: Johns Hopkins 55, Dickinson 10by 45 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dickinson and Johns Hopkins, 1891 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 Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1909 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 7, 1909

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 2, 2026Dickinson 35, Johns Hopkins 21at Dickinson
Oct 3, 2025Johns Hopkins 55, Dickinson 10at Johns Hopkins
Nov 9, 2024Johns Hopkins 30, Dickinson 0at Johns Hopkins
Nov 4, 2023Johns Hopkins 34, Dickinson 23at Dickinson
Nov 5, 2022Johns Hopkins 35, Dickinson 13at Dickinson
Nov 6, 1909Dickinson 12, Johns Hopkins 6at Johns Hopkins
Oct 24, 1891Dickinson 52, Johns Hopkins 0at Dickinson

Every game is listed as played on the field.