Furman vs. Oglethorpe
Furman and Oglethorpe first met in 1919 and have played 7 times; Furman leads the series 6–1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Furman 6–1, and Furman has won the last 2. Share
- Furman wins
- 6
- Oglethorpe wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1919
- Longest streak
- 4 Furman
- Current streak
- 2 Furman
- Last 10 meetings
- Furman 6–1
- Most recent
- 1938
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 19.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Furman
- 4–0 Furman’s record at home
- At Oglethorpe
- 1–2 Oglethorpe’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Furman’s biggest win1920: Furman 42, Oglethorpe 3by 39 points
- Oglethorpe’s biggest win1926: Oglethorpe 12, Furman 11by 1 points
Both programs through the years
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
1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 7, 1920
1922 · The Mt. Sterling advocate, Oct 24, 1922
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
| Sep 16, 1938 | Furman 13, Oglethorpe 6 | at Furman | ||
| Oct 29, 1927 | Furman 19, Oglethorpe 0 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Oglethorpe 12, Furman 11 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Nov 3, 1923 | Furman 29, Oglethorpe 0 | at Furman | ||
| Oct 21, 1922 | Furman 26, Oglethorpe 0 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Nov 6, 1920 | Furman 42, Oglethorpe 3 | at Furman | ||
| Oct 4, 1919 | Furman 13, Oglethorpe 0 | at Furman |
Every game is listed as played on the field.