Fordham vs. Rutgers

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

1. Fordham’s biggest win1953: Fordham 40, Rutgers 13by 27 points
2. Rutgers’s biggest win1923: Rutgers 42, Fordham 0by 42 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Danowski 2–⁠4 against Harman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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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  1922 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1922

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 20, 1947

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  1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 21, 1948

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  1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1949

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 4, 1951

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.

• Fordham vs. Holy Cross38 meetings, Fordham 14–⁠23–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Georgetown34 meetings, Fordham 20–⁠12–⁠2
• Fordham vs. Lafayette28 meetings, Fordham 10–⁠17–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Bucknell27 meetings, Fordham 17–⁠10
• Rutgers vs. Princeton71 meetings, Rutgers 17–⁠53–⁠1
• Rutgers vs. Lafayette52 meetings, Rutgers 35–⁠16–⁠1
• Rutgers vs. Lehigh51 meetings, Rutgers 24–⁠27
• Rutgers vs. Columbia49 meetings, Rutgers 23–⁠21–⁠5