Hope vs. Kalamazoo

Hope and Kalamazoo have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2022; Hope leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Hope 4–⁠0, and Hope has won the last 4. The winner takes home the Wooden Shoes Rivalry Trophy. Hope holds it.

Hope wins
4
Kalamazoo wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2022
Longest streak
4 Hope
Current streak
4 Hope
Last 10 meetings
Hope 4–⁠0
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
2020s4–⁠0
Average margin
39.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Hope
2–⁠0 Hope’s record at home
At Kalamazoo
0–⁠2 Kalamazoo’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Wooden Shoes Rivalry Trophy

Played for since
—
Held by
Hope

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games (CC BY-SA).

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Hope and Kalamazoo, 2022 on1300150017002025

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.

Every game

Oct 31, 2026Kalamazoo at Hope upcomingat Hope
Oct 18, 2025Hope 56, Kalamazoo 21at Hope
Oct 19, 2024Hope 49, Kalamazoo 18at Kalamazoo
Oct 28, 2023Hope 63, Kalamazoo 17at Kalamazoo
Oct 29, 2022Hope 66, Kalamazoo 20at Hope

Every game is listed as played on the field.