Lafayette vs. Muhlenberg
Lafayette and Muhlenberg first met in 1912 and have played 15 times; Lafayette leads the series 11–3–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lafayette 8–2. Share
- Lafayette wins
- 11
- Muhlenberg wins
- 3
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1912
- Longest streak
- 8 Lafayette
- Current streak
- 1 Muhlenberg
- Last 10 meetings
- Lafayette 8–2
- Most recent
- 1946
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 4–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 19.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lafayette
- 10–3–1 Lafayette’s record at home
- At Muhlenberg
- 0–1 Muhlenberg’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 9
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lafayette’s biggest win1922: Lafayette 62, Muhlenberg 0by 62 points
- Muhlenberg’s biggest win1946: Muhlenberg 32, Lafayette 20by 12 points
- Upset1917: Muhlenberg 6, Lafayette 0Muhlenberg had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1918: Muhlenberg 7, Lafayette 0Muhlenberg had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1912 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Sep 29, 1912
1917 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1917
1918 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 27, 1918
1922 · New-York tribune, Oct 15, 1922
1933 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1933
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
| Sep 28, 1946 | Muhlenberg 32, Lafayette 20 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 30, 1933 | Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 1, 1932 | Lafayette 6, Muhlenberg 0 | at Muhlenberg | ||
| Oct 1, 1927 | Lafayette 38, Muhlenberg 7 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 29, 1923 | Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 14, 1922 | Lafayette 62, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 24, 1921 | Lafayette 48, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 2, 1920 | Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 4, 1919 | Lafayette 13, Muhlenberg 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 26, 1918 | Muhlenberg 7, Lafayette 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 27, 1917 | Muhlenberg 6, Lafayette 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 25, 1915 | Lafayette 14, Muhlenberg 7 | at Lafayette | ||
| Nov 7, 1914 | Lafayette 24, Muhlenberg 3 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 27, 1913 | Lafayette 7, Muhlenberg 7 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 28, 1912 | Lafayette 20, Muhlenberg 3 | at Lafayette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.