Knox vs. Monmouth

Knox and Monmouth first met in 1900 and have played 4 times; the series is tied 2–⁠2. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2, and Monmouth has won the last 2.

Knox wins
2
Monmouth wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
2 Knox
Current streak
2 Monmouth
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠2
Average margin
11.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Knox
1–⁠0 Knox’s record at home
At Monmouth
2–⁠1 Monmouth’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Knox and Monmouth, 1900 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Rock Island Argus's story of the 1905 game: Monmouth Defeats Knox.

    1905 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 30, 1905

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 28, 1905Monmouth 12, Knox 6at Monmouth
Nov 18, 1903Monmouth 11, Knox 0at Monmouth
Nov 17, 1900Knox 11, Monmouth 6at Monmouth
Oct 20, 1900Knox 23, Monmouth 0at Knox

Every game is listed as played on the field.