Richmond vs. Rutgers

Richmond and Rutgers have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Rutgers leads the series 6–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Rutgers 6–⁠0, and Rutgers has won the last 5.

Richmond wins
0
Rutgers wins
6
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
5 Rutgers
Current streak
5 Rutgers
Last 10 meetings
Rutgers 6–⁠0
Most recent
1998

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠2
1980s0–⁠2
1990s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.9 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Richmond
0–⁠1 Richmond’s record at home
At Rutgers
5–⁠0–⁠1 Rutgers’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. Rutgers’s biggest win1923: Rutgers 56, Richmond 0by 56 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Richmond and Rutgers, 1923 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1923 game: Lfne-Up and Summary. RICHMOND SMOTHERED BY RUTGERS, 56 TO 0

    1923 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1923

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

Sep 5, 1998Rutgers 7, Richmond 6at Rutgers
Oct 26, 1985Rutgers 20, Richmond 17at Rutgers
Oct 30, 1982Rutgers 20, Richmond 14at Richmond
Oct 11, 1958Rutgers 23, Richmond 12at Rutgers
Oct 26, 1957Rutgers 26, Richmond 13at Rutgers
Oct 14, 1939Rutgers 6, Richmond 6at Rutgers
Nov 10, 1923Rutgers 56, Richmond 0at Rutgers

Every game is listed as played on the field.