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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠2
2010s0–⁠2
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

  1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1944: Pennsylvania 46, William & Mary 0by 46 points
  2. William & Mary’s biggest win1954: William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 7by 20 points
  3. Upset1951: William & Mary 20, Pennsylvania 12William & Mary had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pennsylvania and William & Mary, 1944 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1954 game: William & Mary q Pennsylvania ----- FIippin Runs Wild As Princeton Routs Columbia, $40

    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, 2013William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 14at William & Mary
Oct 6, 2012William & Mary 34, Pennsylvania 28at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1954William & Mary 27, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Nov 3, 1951William & Mary 20, Pennsylvania 12at Pennsylvania
Oct 14, 19449Pennsylvania 46, William & Mary 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.