Occidental vs. Stanford

Occidental and Stanford first met in 1923 and have played 4 times; Stanford leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Stanford 4–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 4.

Occidental wins
0
Stanford wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
4 Stanford
Current streak
4 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 4–⁠0
Most recent
1926

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
Average margin
25.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Occidental
0–⁠1 Occidental’s record at home
At Stanford
3–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Occidental and Stanford, 1923 on1300150017001925193019351940194519501955

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 1924 game: Claremont Team Proves Surprise Saturdays Game

    1924 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 6, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1925 game: Yesterdays Foot Ball Results WEST.

    1925 · Evening star, Oct 11, 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

Oct 2, 1926Stanford 19, Occidental 0at Stanford
Oct 10, 1925Stanford 28, Occidental 0at Stanford
Oct 4, 1924Stanford 20, Occidental 6at Stanford
Oct 20, 1923Stanford 42, Occidental 0at Occidental

Every game is listed as played on the field.