Furman vs. The Citadel

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

1. Furman’s biggest win1921: Furman 42, The Citadel 0by 42 points
2. The Citadel’s biggest win1913: The Citadel 75, Furman 0by 75 points
3. Upset1967: Furman 14, The Citadel 6Furman had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1946: Furman 14, The Citadel 0Furman had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2019: The Citadel 27, Furman 10The Citadel had a 23% 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 Prause). 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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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, Oct 25, 1951

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1954

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. Wofford76 meetings, Furman 40–⁠31–⁠5
• Furman vs. Clemson58 meetings, Furman 10–⁠44–⁠4
• Furman vs. Davidson48 meetings, Furman 33–⁠15
• Furman vs. Presbyterian46 meetings, Furman 33–⁠12–⁠1
• 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
• The Citadel vs. Presbyterian50 meetings, The Citadel 39–⁠10–⁠1