Pennsylvania vs. Stevens

Pennsylvania and Stevens first met in 1880 and have played 6 times; Pennsylvania leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 5–⁠0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 3.

Pennsylvania wins
5
Stevens wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1880
Longest streak
3 Pennsylvania
Current streak
3 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 5–⁠0
Most recent
1888

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s5–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
16.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
3–⁠0–⁠1 Pennsylvania’s record at home
At Stevens
0–⁠2 Stevens’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1888: Pennsylvania 48, Stevens 0by 48 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pennsylvania and Stevens, 1880 on13001500170018801900192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1885 game: West>ydn. STEVENS BADLY BEATEN BY PENNSYLVANIA. The University of Pennsylvania defeated

    1885 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 22, 1885

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 6, 1888Pennsylvania 48, Stevens 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 21, 1885Pennsylvania 23, Stevens 9at Stevens
Nov 8, 1884Pennsylvania 30, Stevens 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 29, 1883Pennsylvania 6, Stevens 6at Pennsylvania
Nov 13, 1880Pennsylvania 5, Stevens 0at Stevens
Nov 6, 1880Pennsylvania 3, Stevens 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.