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Lafayette vs. Ursinus

Lafayette and Ursinus have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Lafayette leads the series 15–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lafayette 8–⁠1, and Lafayette has won the last 2.

Lafayette wins
15
Ursinus wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1895
Longest streak
12 Lafayette
Current streak
2 Lafayette
Last 10 meetings
Lafayette 8–⁠1
Most recent
1918

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s6–⁠0
1910s7–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
20.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lafayette
15–⁠1–⁠1 Lafayette’s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lafayette’s biggest win1895: Lafayette 56, Ursinus 0by 56 points
  2. Ursinus’s biggest win1916: Ursinus 6, Lafayette 0by 6 points
  3. Upset1916: Ursinus 6, Lafayette 0Ursinus had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lafayette and Ursinus, 1895 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 The sun's story of the 1906 game: Lafayette Beats UrsInus on sOgsy Field.

    1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 7, 1906

  • The The Norfolk weekly news-journal's story of the 1910 game: Scores Of Football Games.

    1910 · The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., Oct 7, 1910

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1911 game: OTHER FOOTBALL SCORES SATURDAY

    1911 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 2, 1911

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1915 game: BIG ELEVENS GET . GENERAL SURPRISES Early Season Gridiron Games Find Little Fellows Stronger Than Usual.

    1915 · The Washington times, Oct 3, 1915

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1916 game: Games Today, With Last Year Scores

    1916 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 14, 1916

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 19, 1918Lafayette 17, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 13, 1917Lafayette 12, Ursinus 6at Lafayette
Oct 14, 1916Ursinus 6, Lafayette 0at Lafayette
Oct 2, 1915Lafayette 13, Ursinus 2at Lafayette
Oct 3, 1914Lafayette 7, Ursinus 7at Lafayette
Nov 1, 1913Lafayette 44, Ursinus 2at Lafayette
Oct 19, 1912Lafayette 11, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Sep 30, 1911Lafayette 3, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 1, 1910Lafayette 10, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 5, 1907Lafayette 21, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 6, 1906Lafayette 33, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 7, 1905Lafayette 18, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 1, 1904Lafayette 12, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 2, 1901Lafayette 40, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 3, 1900Lafayette 34, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Sep 30, 1899Lafayette 34, Ursinus 0at Lafayette
Oct 25, 1895Lafayette 56, Ursinus 0at Lafayette

Every game is listed as played on the field.