New York University vs. Rutgers

New York University and Rutgers first met in 1890 and have played 25 times; Rutgers leads the series 15–⁠9–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 8–⁠2, and Rutgers has won the last 8.

New York University wins
9
Rutgers wins
15
Ties
1
First meeting
1890
Longest streak
8 Rutgers
Current streak
8 Rutgers
Last 10 meetings
Rutgers 8–⁠2
Most recent
1952

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1910s0–⁠1
1920s3–⁠3
1930s6–⁠1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠5
1950s0–⁠3
Average margin
31.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At New York University
8–⁠5 New York University’s record at home
At Rutgers
10–⁠1–⁠1 Rutgers’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. New York University’s biggest win1927: New York University 60, Rutgers 6by 54 points
  2. Rutgers’s biggest win1891: Rutgers 70, New York University 4by 66 points
  3. Upset1946: Rutgers 26, New York University 0Rutgers had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsNew York UniversitySeriesRutgers
1934–⁠1936Mal Stevens2–⁠1J. Wilder Tasker
1950–⁠1952Hugh Devore0–⁠3Harvey Harman

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from New York University’s side (Stevens 2–⁠1 against Tasker). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of New York University and Rutgers, 1890 on1300150017001890190019101920193019401950

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 Imperial Valley press's story of the 1914 game: Many Sports Enliven The National Holiday Eastern Football Yesterday.

    1914 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 27, 1914

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1928 game: Five Elevens Set Pace on Eastern Grid Army and Pennsylvania Turn Hardest Tricks on Saturday.

    1928 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 22, 1928

  • The 's story of the 1935 game: N. C.,SYRACUSE ARE DEFEATED Marquette Also L. TumbIed From Top Ranking Group

    1935 · , Nov 18, 1935

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 22, 1952Rutgers 27, New York University 14at Rutgers
Oct 13, 1951Rutgers 55, New York University 0at New York University
Oct 21, 1950Rutgers 42, New York University 0at Rutgers
Nov 12, 1949Rutgers 33, New York University 9at Rutgers
Nov 13, 1948Rutgers 40, New York University 0at New York University
Nov 15, 1947Rutgers 40, New York University 0at Rutgers
Oct 12, 1946Rutgers 26, New York University 0at New York University
Nov 17, 1945Rutgers 13, New York University 7at Rutgers
Oct 8, 1938New York University 25, Rutgers 6at Rutgers
Nov 14, 1936New York University 46, Rutgers 0at New York University
Nov 15, 1935New York University 48, Rutgers 0at New York University
Nov 17, 1934Rutgers 22, New York University 7at Rutgers
Nov 18, 1933Rutgers 6, New York University 6at Rutgers
Oct 8, 1932New York University 21, Rutgers 0at New York University
Oct 17, 1931New York University 27, Rutgers 7at New York University
Nov 22, 1930New York University 33, Rutgers 0at New York University
Nov 23, 1929New York University 20, Rutgers 7at New York University
Oct 20, 1928New York University 48, Rutgers 0at New York University
Oct 22, 1927New York University 60, Rutgers 6at New York University
Oct 20, 1923Rutgers 7, New York University 3at Rutgers
Nov 18, 1922Rutgers 37, New York University 0at Rutgers
Nov 12, 1921Rutgers 21, New York University 7at New York University
Nov 26, 1914Rutgers 33, New York University 0at New York University
Nov 7, 1891Rutgers 70, New York University 4at Rutgers
Nov 14, 1890Rutgers 62, New York University 0at Rutgers

Every game is listed as played on the field.