Lafayette vs. Yale

Lafayette and Yale first met in 1912 and have played 8 times; Yale leads the series 5–⁠3. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Yale 5–⁠3, and Lafayette has won the last 3.

Lafayette wins
3
Yale wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1912
Longest streak
5 Yale
Current streak
3 Lafayette
Last 10 meetings
Yale 5–⁠3
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
23 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lafayette
1–⁠1 Lafayette’s record at home
At Yale
4–⁠2 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lafayette’s biggest win2009: Lafayette 31, Yale 14by 17 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1935: Yale 55, Lafayette 0by 55 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lafayette and Yale, 1912 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: YALE GETS A SCARE Lafayette Springs Surprising Attack and Almost Scores. BLUES OFFENCE UNSTEADY Forward Passes Fail Miserably and Backs Make Fatal Errors of Omission.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 13, 1912

  • The The Raymer enterprise's story of the 1913 game: SPORT.

    1913 · The Raymer enterprise, Colorado, Oct 16, 1913

  • The Evening star's story of the 1935 game: YALE USES ENTIRE SQUAD IN $50 WIN Lafayette Is Last Set-Up for EIis-Rankin and Curtin GaIIop.

    1935 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Yale Regulars Rest In Rout Of Lafayette

    1952 · Evening star, Oct 26, 1952

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 13, 2012Lafayette 20, Yale 10at Yale
Oct 15, 2011Lafayette 28, Yale 19at Lafayette
Oct 3, 2009Lafayette 31, Yale 14at Yale
Sep 30, 2006Yale 37, Lafayette 34at Lafayette
Oct 25, 1952Yale 47, Lafayette 0at Yale
Nov 16, 1935Yale 55, Lafayette 0at Yale
Oct 11, 1913Yale 27, Lafayette 0at Yale
Oct 12, 1912Yale 16, Lafayette 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.