George Washington vs. Swarthmore

George Washington and Swarthmore first met in 1905 and have played 3 times; Swarthmore leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Swarthmore 3–⁠0, and Swarthmore has won the last 3.

George Washington wins
0
Swarthmore wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
3 Swarthmore
Current streak
3 Swarthmore
Last 10 meetings
Swarthmore 3–⁠0
Most recent
1907

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
Average margin
25.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
0–⁠1 George Washington’s record at home
At Swarthmore
2–⁠0 Swarthmore’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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 George Washington and Swarthmore, 1905 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 The Washington herald's story of the 1906 game: GEORGE WASHINGTON LOSES Heavy Swarthmore Team Wins from Buff and Blue, II to 0. Modern Football Not Employed When Most OF the Gains Were Made.

    1906 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1906

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1907 game

    1907 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 20, 1907

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 19, 1907Swarthmore 30, George Washington 0at Swarthmore
Oct 20, 1906Swarthmore 17, George Washington 0at Swarthmore
Nov 18, 1905Swarthmore 30, George Washington 0at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.