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Oglethorpe vs. Sewanee

Oglethorpe and Sewanee first met in 1919 and have played 6 times; Sewanee leads the series 5–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Sewanee 5–⁠1.

Oglethorpe wins
1
Sewanee wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Sewanee
Current streak
1 Oglethorpe
Last 10 meetings
Sewanee 5–⁠1
Most recent
1924

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s1–⁠4
Average margin
14.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oglethorpe
1–⁠2 Oglethorpe’s record at home
At Sewanee
3–⁠0 Sewanee’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oglethorpe’s biggest win1924: Oglethorpe 7, Sewanee 0by 7 points
  2. Sewanee’s biggest win1921: Sewanee 21, Oglethorpe 0by 21 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oglethorpe and Sewanee, 1919 on13001500170019201925193019351940

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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1919 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 9, 1919

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1920 game: Sewanee Takes Close Game From Petrels, 21 to 13.

    1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 17, 1920

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1922 game: Sewanee Wins I9-O Victory Ouer the Oglethorpe Petrels

    1922 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 15, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: 'PLAINSMEN DEFEAT CAMP .BENNING BY SCORE OF 34 TO Q Football Results Dartmouth 16, Harvard 0.

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 28, 1923

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: SEWANEE LOSES TO OGLETHORPE Touchdown In First Pe- riOd Gives Petrels Victory

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 2, 1924

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 1, 1924Oglethorpe 7, Sewanee 0at Oglethorpe
Oct 27, 1923Sewanee 13, Oglethorpe 0at Oglethorpe
Oct 14, 1922Sewanee 19, Oglethorpe 0at Sewanee
Oct 15, 1921Sewanee 21, Oglethorpe 0at Sewanee
Oct 16, 1920Sewanee 21, Oglethorpe 13at Oglethorpe
Nov 8, 1919Sewanee 21, Oglethorpe 0at Sewanee

Every game is listed as played on the field.