Lafayette vs. Stevens
Lafayette and Stevens first met in 1883 and have played 9 times; Lafayette leads the series 5–4. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Lafayette 5–4, and Lafayette has won the last 5. Share
- Lafayette wins
- 5
- Stevens wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1883
- Longest streak
- 5 Lafayette
- Current streak
- 5 Lafayette
- Last 10 meetings
- Lafayette 5–4
- Most recent
- 1893
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 17 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lafayette
- 2–2 Lafayette’s record at home
- At Stevens
- 2–3 Stevens’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lafayette’s biggest win1886: Lafayette 58, Stevens 0by 58 points
- Stevens’s biggest win1884: Stevens 52, Lafayette 0by 52 points
- Upset1883: Stevens 14, Lafayette 4Stevens had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1884: Stevens 18, Lafayette 4Stevens had a 25% 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

1893 · The Jersey City news, Jersey City [N.J.], Oct 26, 1893
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 25, 1893 | Lafayette 12, Stevens 10 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 20, 1886 | Lafayette 58, Stevens 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Oct 23, 1886 | Lafayette 5, Stevens 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 11, 1885 | Lafayette 23, Stevens 18 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 24, 1885 | Lafayette 16, Stevens 12 | at Lafayette | ||
| Nov 27, 1884 | Stevens 52, Lafayette 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 15, 1884 | Stevens 18, Lafayette 4 | at Lafayette | ||
| Nov 24, 1883 | Stevens 14, Lafayette 11 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 3, 1883 | Stevens 14, Lafayette 4 | at Lafayette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.