Haverford vs. Lafayette

Haverford and Lafayette first met in 1887 and have played 4 times; Lafayette leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Lafayette 4–⁠0, and Lafayette has won the last 4.

Haverford wins
0
Lafayette wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1887
Longest streak
4 Lafayette
Current streak
4 Lafayette
Last 10 meetings
Lafayette 4–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠2
1890s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Haverford
0–⁠2 Haverford’s record at home
At Lafayette
2–⁠0 Lafayette’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 Haverford and Lafayette, 1887 on13001500170018901895190019051910191519201925

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 sun's story of the 1919 game: LAFAYETTE VICTOR. Trounces Haverford Eleven by Al to o Score.

    1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 19, 1919

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 18, 1919Lafayette 41, Haverford 0at Lafayette
Oct 14, 1891Lafayette 38, Haverford 0at Haverford
Oct 27, 1888Lafayette 18, Haverford 0at Haverford
Oct 19, 1887Lafayette 12, Haverford 4at Lafayette

Every game is listed as played on the field.