Dickinson vs. Pennsylvania

Dickinson and Pennsylvania first met in 1892 and have played 8 times; Pennsylvania leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 8–⁠0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 8.

Dickinson wins
0
Pennsylvania wins
8
Ties
0
First meeting
1892
Longest streak
8 Pennsylvania
Current streak
8 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 8–⁠0
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1900s0–⁠3
1910s0–⁠3
Average margin
29 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
8–⁠0 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1892: Pennsylvania 78, Dickinson 0by 78 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dickinson and Pennsylvania, 1892 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 Scranton tribune's story of the 1896 game: POOR EXHIBITION. The University Of Pennsylvania De. feats. Dickinson by Score Of 3 10 2.

    1896 · The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., Nov 4, 1896

  • The Evening journal's story of the 1903 game: SPORTS Continued from Second Page. ATURlAY'S FOOTBALL GAMES

    1903 · Evening journal, Sep 28, 1903

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1910 game: Results College FoofbdU Games PENNSYLVANIA ELEVEN FAST Touchdowns by sprinting Defeat Dickinson Is to @.

    1910 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 29, 1910

  • The Newark evening star and Newark advertiser's story of the 1911 game: Dickinson scores ON Penn.

    1911 · Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., Oct 12, 1911

  • The The Detroit times's story of the 1912 game: Prediction That Better Teams Would Win This Year Seems Good CARLISLE GETS A SURPRISE IN w. & j. Rube Boville, Former Central Captain, Is Half on w. & j.

    1912 · The Detroit times, Michigan, Oct 7, 1912

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 5, 1912Pennsylvania 16, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 11, 1911Pennsylvania 22, Dickinson 10at Pennsylvania
Sep 28, 1910Pennsylvania 18, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1909Pennsylvania 18, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania
Sep 26, 1903Pennsylvania 27, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 10, 1900Pennsylvania 35, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 3, 1896Pennsylvania 30, Dickinson 2at Pennsylvania
Oct 19, 1892Pennsylvania 78, Dickinson 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.