Newberry vs. The Citadel
Newberry and The Citadel first met in 1914 and have played 34 times; The Citadel leads the series 26–4–4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s The Citadel 6–2, and The Citadel has won the last 5. Share
- Newberry wins
- 4
- The Citadel wins
- 26
- Ties
- 4
- First meeting
- 1914
- Longest streak
- 11 The Citadel
- Current streak
- 5 The Citadel
- Last 10 meetings
- The Citadel 6–2
- Most recent
- 2017
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 18.1 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Newberry
- 2–6–2 Newberry’s record at home
- At The Citadel
- 20–2–2 The Citadel’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 12
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Newberry’s biggest win1958: Newberry 16, The Citadel 0by 16 points
- The Citadel’s biggest win1959: The Citadel 48, Newberry 0by 48 points
- Upset1958: Newberry 16, The Citadel 0Newberry had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1954: Newberry 20, The Citadel 14Newberry had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

1925 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1925
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.