Furman vs. Presbyterian

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

1. Furman’s biggest win1937: Furman 52, Presbyterian 0by 52 points
2. Presbyterian’s biggest win1971: Presbyterian 35, Furman 14by 21 points
3. Upset1915: Presbyterian 20, Furman 12Presbyterian had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1979: Presbyterian 17, Furman 10Presbyterian had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1950: Presbyterian 13, Furman 12Presbyterian had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Furman’s side (Laval 5–⁠1 against Johnson). 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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  1923 · Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., Oct 16, 1923

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  1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1928

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 15, 1949

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  1954 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 2, 1954

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  1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1963

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.

• Furman vs. The Citadel81 meetings, Furman 47–⁠32–⁠2
• Furman vs. Wofford76 meetings, Furman 40–⁠31–⁠5
• Furman vs. Clemson58 meetings, Furman 10–⁠44–⁠4
• Furman vs. Davidson48 meetings, Furman 33–⁠15
• Presbyterian vs. The Citadel50 meetings, Presbyterian 10–⁠39–⁠1
• Presbyterian vs. Clemson40 meetings, Presbyterian 3–⁠33–⁠4
• Presbyterian vs. Davidson36 meetings, Presbyterian 14–⁠20–⁠2
• Presbyterian vs. Wofford21 meetings, Presbyterian 13–⁠8