Erskine vs. The Citadel

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

1. Erskine’s biggest win1921: Erskine 13, The Citadel 6by 7 points
2. The Citadel’s biggest win1925: The Citadel 53, Erskine 0by 53 points
3. Upset1921: Erskine 13, The Citadel 6Erskine had a 34% 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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  1921 · The Abbeville press and banner, Abbeville, S.C., Oct 28, 1921

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  1933 · The Washington times, Sep 30, 1933

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  1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 30, 1948

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.

• Erskine vs. South Carolina16 meetings, Erskine 1–⁠15
• Erskine vs. Wofford13 meetings, Erskine 4–⁠9
• Erskine vs. Presbyterian13 meetings, Erskine 1–⁠12
• Erskine vs. Furman12 meetings, Erskine 0–⁠11–⁠1
• The Citadel vs. Furman81 meetings, The Citadel 32–⁠47–⁠2
• The Citadel vs. VMI60 meetings, The Citadel 33–⁠26–⁠1
• The Citadel vs. Wofford56 meetings, The Citadel 30–⁠26
• The Citadel vs. Davidson54 meetings, The Citadel 29–⁠21–⁠4