Dickinson vs. Swarthmore

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

1. Dickinson’s biggest win1901: Dickinson 28, Swarthmore 6by 22 points
2. Swarthmore’s biggest win1891: Swarthmore 46, Dickinson 0by 46 points
3. Upset1899: Swarthmore 6, Dickinson 5Swarthmore had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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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  1899 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Nov 5, 1899

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  1912 · Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov 26, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Dickinson vs. Lafayette23 meetings, Dickinson 2–⁠21
• Dickinson vs. Franklin & Marshall16 meetings, Dickinson 9–⁠7
• Dickinson vs. Navy14 meetings, Dickinson 1–⁠9–⁠4
• Dickinson vs. Ursinus14 meetings, Dickinson 7–⁠7
• Swarthmore vs. Pennsylvania35 meetings, Swarthmore 4–⁠30–⁠1
• Swarthmore vs. Lafayette16 meetings, Swarthmore 4–⁠12
• Swarthmore vs. Lehigh15 meetings, Swarthmore 4–⁠11
• Swarthmore vs. Bucknell10 meetings, Swarthmore 6–⁠4