Pennsylvania vs. William & Mary
Pennsylvania and William & Mary have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1944; William & Mary leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s William & Mary 4–1, and William & Mary has won the last 4. Share
- Pennsylvania wins
- 1
- William & Mary wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1944
- Longest streak
- 4 William & Mary
- Current streak
- 4 William & Mary
- Last 10 meetings
- William & Mary 4–1
- Most recent
- 2013
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 18.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pennsylvania
- 1–3 Pennsylvania’s record at home
- At William & Mary
- 1–0 William & Mary’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win1944: Pennsylvania 46, William & Mary 0by 46 points
- William & Mary’s biggest win1954: William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 7by 20 points
- Upset1951: William & Mary 20, Pennsylvania 12William & Mary had a 31% 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

1954 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1954
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 12, 2013 | William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 14 | at William & Mary | ||
| Oct 6, 2012 | William & Mary 34, Pennsylvania 28 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 2, 1954 | William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 7 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Nov 3, 1951 | William & Mary 20, Pennsylvania 12 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | 9Pennsylvania 46, William & Mary 0 | at Pennsylvania |
Every game is listed as played on the field.