Olympic Club vs. Stanford

Olympic Club and Stanford first met in 1919 and have played 16 times; Stanford leads the series 10–⁠5–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Stanford 7–⁠2, and Stanford has won the last 3.

Olympic Club wins
5
Stanford wins
10
Ties
1
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
3 Stanford
Current streak
3 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 7–⁠2
Most recent
1934

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s4–⁠6
1930s0–⁠4–⁠1
Average margin
12 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
10–⁠5–⁠1 Stanford’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. Olympic Club’s biggest win1922: Olympic Club 27, Stanford 9by 18 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win1934: Stanford 40, Olympic Club 0by 40 points
  3. Upset1925: Olympic Club 9, Stanford 0Olympic Club had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1928: Olympic Club 12, Stanford 6Olympic Club had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1922: Olympic Club 27, Stanford 9Olympic Club had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Olympic Club and Stanford, 1919 on130015001700192019251930

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1928 game: GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY

    1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 1, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1929 game: STANFORD EKES VICTORY OVER OLYMPIC CLUB, 60

    1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 29, 1929

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1932 game: BEARS LOOK TO BE READY FOR GREAT SEASON

    1932 · Imperial Valley press, California, Sep 19, 1932

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1933 game: SATURDAY Dad FOR INVADERS

    1933 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 6, 1933

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: Foot Ball Results

    1934 · Evening star, Nov 18, 1934

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 17, 1934Stanford 40, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Nov 4, 1933Stanford 21, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Sep 17, 1932Stanford 6, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Sep 26, 1931Stanford 0, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Sep 27, 1930Stanford 18, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Sep 28, 1929Stanford 6, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Sep 29, 1928Olympic Club 12, Stanford 6at Stanford
Sep 24, 1927Stanford 7, Olympic Club 6at Stanford
Oct 9, 1926Stanford 7, Olympic Club 3at Stanford
Sep 26, 1925Olympic Club 9, Stanford 0at Stanford
Oct 11, 1924Stanford 7, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Nov 3, 1923Stanford 40, Olympic Club 7at Stanford
Oct 7, 1922Olympic Club 27, Stanford 9at Stanford
Oct 15, 1921Stanford 7, Olympic Club 0at Stanford
Oct 9, 1920Olympic Club 10, Stanford 7at Stanford
Oct 18, 1919Olympic Club 13, Stanford 0at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.