Geneva vs. Washington & Jefferson

Geneva and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1905 and have played 15 times; Washington & Jefferson leads the series 13–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington & Jefferson 9–⁠1, and Washington & Jefferson has won the last 5.

Geneva wins
1
Washington & Jefferson wins
13
Ties
1
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
5 Washington & Jefferson
Current streak
5 Washington & Jefferson
Last 10 meetings
Washington & Jefferson 9–⁠1
Most recent
1934

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s1–⁠5–⁠1
1920s0–⁠4
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
21.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Geneva
1–⁠6 Geneva’s record at home
At Washington & Jefferson
7–⁠0–⁠1 Washington & Jefferson’s record at home
Shutouts
11

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Geneva’s biggest win1918: Geneva 3, Washington & Jefferson 0by 3 points
  2. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1916: Washington & Jefferson 53, Geneva 0by 53 points
  3. Upset1918: Geneva 3, Washington & Jefferson 0Geneva had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Geneva and Washington & Jefferson, 1905 on13001500170019101920193019401950

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 journal's story of the 1915 game: SATURDAY FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1915 · Evening journal, Delaware, Sep 27, 1915

  • The The sun's story of the 1918 game: GENEVA BEATS w. AND J. Field Goal in Last Period break, Twenty Year Record.

    1918 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 17, 1918

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1924 game: ALL COLLEGIATE ELEVENS ACTIVE This Week Sees Every Football Team Playing

    1924 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Sep 29, 1924

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 20, 1934Washington & Jefferson 6, Geneva 0at Geneva
Sep 26, 1925Washington & Jefferson 19, Geneva 13at Geneva
Sep 27, 1924Washington & Jefferson 19, Geneva 6at Washington & Jefferson
Sep 30, 1922Washington & Jefferson 14, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 16, 1920Washington & Jefferson 14, Geneva 0at Geneva
Nov 16, 1918Geneva 3, Washington & Jefferson 0at Geneva
Oct 27, 1917Washington & Jefferson 35, Geneva 0at Geneva
Sep 30, 1916Washington & Jefferson 53, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Sep 25, 1915Washington & Jefferson 6, Geneva 0at Geneva
Sep 28, 1912Washington & Jefferson 52, Geneva 7at Geneva
Nov 11, 1911Washington & Jefferson 19, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 8, 1910Washington & Jefferson 0, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Sep 25, 1909Washington & Jefferson 38, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 3, 1908Washington & Jefferson 29, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 14, 1905Washington & Jefferson 38, Geneva 0at Washington & Jefferson

Every game is listed as played on the field.