Dickinson vs. Lafayette
Dickinson and Lafayette have 23 meetings on file, the first in 1886; Lafayette leads the series 21–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lafayette 10–0, and Lafayette has won the last 12. Share
- Dickinson wins
- 2
- Lafayette wins
- 21
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1886
- Longest streak
- 12 Lafayette
- Current streak
- 12 Lafayette
- Last 10 meetings
- Lafayette 10–0
- Most recent
- 1921
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–7 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–7 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 22.8 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Dickinson
- 0–1 Dickinson’s record at home
- At Lafayette
- 20–2 Lafayette’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 16
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Dickinson’s biggest win1903: Dickinson 35, Lafayette 0by 35 points
- Lafayette’s biggest win1890: Lafayette 52, Dickinson 0by 52 points
- Upset1903: Dickinson 35, Lafayette 0Dickinson had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1898: Dickinson 12, Lafayette 6Dickinson had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1900 · The times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 30, 1900
1901 · The Washington times, Nov 29, 1901
1906 · The Richmond palladium, Richmond, Ind., Nov 30, 1906
1907 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Nov 29, 1907
1908 · The sun, Nov 27, 1908
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.