Georgetown vs. Lafayette

Georgetown and Lafayette have 25 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Lafayette leads the series 14–⁠11 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Georgetown wins
11
Lafayette wins
14
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
5 Lafayette
Current streak
1 Lafayette
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s2–⁠0
1930s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠5
2010s6–⁠4
2020s2–⁠3
Average margin
11.7 points; 13 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
5–⁠10 Georgetown’s record at home
At Lafayette
4–⁠6 Lafayette’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

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win2015: Georgetown 38, Lafayette 7by 31 points
  2. Lafayette’s biggest win2006: Lafayette 45, Georgetown 14by 31 points
  3. Upset2010: Georgetown 28, Lafayette 24Georgetown had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2024: Georgetown 17, Lafayette 0Georgetown had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1922: Georgetown 13, Lafayette 7Georgetown had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Lafayette, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 times's story of the 1922 game

    1922 · The Washington times, Dec 3, 1922

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story of the 1937 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS SOUTH

    1937 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Oct 18, 1937

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 13, 2025Lafayette 42, Georgetown 37at Georgetown
Oct 12, 2024Georgetown 17, Lafayette 0at Lafayette
Oct 28, 2023Lafayette 35, Georgetown 25at Georgetown
Oct 29, 2022Georgetown 30, Lafayette 20at Lafayette
Oct 30, 2021Lafayette 24, Georgetown 23at Georgetown
Oct 19, 2019Georgetown 14, Lafayette 10at Georgetown
Oct 13, 2018Georgetown 13, Lafayette 6at Lafayette
Nov 4, 2017Lafayette 7, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Oct 29, 2016Lafayette 17, Georgetown 3at Lafayette
Oct 10, 2015Georgetown 38, Lafayette 7at Georgetown
Oct 11, 2014Lafayette 24, Georgetown 21at Lafayette
Nov 2, 2013Lafayette 45, Georgetown 27at Georgetown
Oct 27, 2012Georgetown 20, Lafayette 17at Lafayette
Sep 10, 2011Georgetown 14, Lafayette 13at Georgetown
Sep 11, 2010Georgetown 28, Lafayette 24at Lafayette
Sep 12, 2009Lafayette 28, Georgetown 3at Georgetown
Sep 13, 2008Lafayette 24, Georgetown 6at Lafayette
Nov 11, 2006Lafayette 45, Georgetown 14at Lafayette
Oct 1, 2005Lafayette 12, Georgetown 7at Georgetown
Sep 11, 2004Lafayette 17, Georgetown 6at Georgetown
Oct 4, 2003Georgetown 17, Lafayette 10at Lafayette
Oct 16, 1937Lafayette 6, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Nov 5, 1927Georgetown 27, Lafayette 2at Georgetown
Dec 2, 1922Georgetown 13, Lafayette 7at Georgetown
Oct 28, 1902Lafayette 23, Georgetown 0at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.