Fresno State vs. Stanford

Fresno State and Stanford have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1926; Stanford leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Stanford 3–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 3.

Scheduled 2028 at Fresno State; 2029 at Stanford. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Fresno State wins
0
Stanford wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1926
Longest streak
3 Stanford
Current streak
3 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 3–⁠0
Most recent
1928

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠3
Average margin
42.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
3–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fresno State and Stanford, 1926 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1928 game: .ELEvENS ON COAST At CRUCIAL STAGE Contests This Week End to Have Much Bearing on Championship.

    1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1928

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 27, 1928Stanford 47, Fresno State 0at Stanford
Sep 17, 1927Stanford 44, Fresno State 7at Stanford
Sep 18, 1926Stanford 44, Fresno State 0at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.