Newberry vs. Presbyterian

Newberry and Presbyterian first met in 1915 and have played 16 times; Presbyterian leads the series 10–⁠5–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Presbyterian 7–⁠3.

Newberry wins
5
Presbyterian wins
10
Ties
1
First meeting
1915
Longest streak
5 Presbyterian
Current streak
1 Newberry
Last 10 meetings
Presbyterian 7–⁠3
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠2–⁠1
1920s3–⁠4
1930s0–⁠2
1940s1–⁠2
Average margin
14.3 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Newberry
3–⁠4–⁠1 Newberry’s record at home
At Presbyterian
6–⁠2 Presbyterian’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Newberry’s biggest win1925: Newberry 26, Presbyterian 7by 19 points
  2. Presbyterian’s biggest win1926: Presbyterian 28, Newberry 0by 28 points
  3. Upset1916: Presbyterian 3, Newberry 0Presbyterian had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1944: Presbyterian 6, Newberry 0Presbyterian had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Newberry and Presbyterian, 1915 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 The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: NEWBERRY BEATS PRESBYTERIAN

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Dec 1, 1945

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 30, 1945Newberry 19, Presbyterian 13at Presbyterian
Nov 30, 1944Presbyterian 6, Newberry 0at Newberry
Oct 14, 1944Presbyterian 20, Newberry 6at Presbyterian
Oct 23, 1936Presbyterian 27, Newberry 0at Newberry
Oct 12, 1935Presbyterian 20, Newberry 0at Presbyterian
Nov 13, 1926Presbyterian 28, Newberry 0at Presbyterian
Oct 24, 1925Newberry 26, Presbyterian 7at Newberry
Nov 1, 1924Newberry 10, Presbyterian 0at Presbyterian
Dec 1, 1923Presbyterian 7, Newberry 0at Newberry
Dec 2, 1922Presbyterian 35, Newberry 9at Presbyterian
Nov 19, 1921Newberry 16, Presbyterian 7at Newberry
Nov 13, 1920Presbyterian 27, Newberry 0at Presbyterian
Nov 27, 1919Newberry 0, Presbyterian 0at Newberry
Nov 29, 1917Presbyterian 20, Newberry 0at Newberry
Nov 30, 1916Presbyterian 3, Newberry 0at Presbyterian
Nov 20, 1915Newberry 20, Presbyterian 13at Newberry

Every game is listed as played on the field.