Haverford vs. Pennsylvania
Haverford and Pennsylvania first met in 1886 and have played 8 times; Pennsylvania leads the series 8–0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 8–0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 8. Share
- Haverford wins
- 0
- Pennsylvania wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1886
- Longest streak
- 8 Pennsylvania
- Current streak
- 8 Pennsylvania
- Last 10 meetings
- Pennsylvania 8–0
- Most recent
- 1925
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 39.1 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pennsylvania
- 8–0 Pennsylvania’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win1925: Pennsylvania 66, Haverford 0by 66 points
Both programs through the years
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

1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 9, 1902
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
| Nov 7, 1925 | Pennsylvania 66, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 7, 1903 | Pennsylvania 58, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 8, 1902 | Pennsylvania 18, Haverford 5 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 6, 1900 | Pennsylvania 38, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 5, 1892 | Pennsylvania 56, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 10, 1891 | Pennsylvania 34, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Nov 9, 1887 | Pennsylvania 36, Haverford 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Nov 3, 1886 | Pennsylvania 16, Haverford 4 | at Pennsylvania |
Every game is listed as played on the field.