Nevada vs. Stanford

Nevada and Stanford have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Stanford leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Stanford 5–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 5.

Nevada wins
0
Stanford wins
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1921
Longest streak
5 Stanford
Current streak
5 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 5–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠4–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
17.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
5–⁠0–⁠1 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Stanford’s biggest win1923: Stanford 27, Nevada 0by 27 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nevada and Stanford, 1921 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current's story of the 1922 game: Bears Roll. 61-0 Score on Cougars; Stanford Beats Nevada Utah and Whitman Win; Bonehead Play Is Fatal for Oregon Aggies; Badgers and lllini Both Nab Games.

    1922 · Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, Montana, Nov 5, 1922

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

Nov 14, 1931Stanford 26, Nevada 0at Stanford
Oct 8, 1927Stanford 20, Nevada 2at Stanford
Oct 16, 1926Stanford 33, Nevada 9at Stanford
Oct 6, 1923Stanford 27, Nevada 0at Stanford
Nov 4, 1922Stanford 17, Nevada 7at Stanford
Nov 12, 1921Stanford 14, Nevada 14at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.