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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠2
1890s0–⁠2
1900s0–⁠3
1920s0–⁠1
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

  1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1925: Pennsylvania 66, Haverford 0by 66 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Haverford and Pennsylvania, 1886 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 Omaha daily bee's story of the 1902 game: PENNSYLvANIA'S EASY WIN Line smashes Lead to Victory over HaverfOrd Team on Frank lin Field.

    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, 1925Pennsylvania 66, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 7, 1903Pennsylvania 58, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 8, 1902Pennsylvania 18, Haverford 5at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1900Pennsylvania 38, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 1892Pennsylvania 56, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 10, 1891Pennsylvania 34, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 9, 1887Pennsylvania 36, Haverford 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 3, 1886Pennsylvania 16, Haverford 4at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.