Rutgers vs. Stevens

Rutgers and Stevens first met in 1874 and have played 21 times; Rutgers leads the series 11–⁠6–⁠4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 7–⁠2.

Rutgers wins
11
Stevens wins
6
Ties
4
First meeting
1874
Longest streak
3 Rutgers
Current streak
1 Rutgers
Last 10 meetings
Rutgers 7–⁠2
Most recent
1914

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1870s4–⁠4–⁠3
1880s5–⁠1–⁠1
1890s1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
Average margin
7.8 points; 14 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Rutgers
6–⁠2–⁠3 Rutgers’s record at home
At Stevens
4–⁠5–⁠1 Stevens’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Rutgers’s biggest win1914: Rutgers 83, Stevens 0by 83 points
  2. Stevens’s biggest win1892: Stevens 22, Rutgers 6by 16 points
  3. Upset1874: Stevens 6, Rutgers 0Stevens had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1879: Stevens 3, Rutgers 1Stevens had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1892: Stevens 22, Rutgers 6Stevens had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rutgers and Stevens, 1874 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 The New York herald's story of the 1878 game: THE STEVENS INSTITUTE TEAM DEFEAT THE BOYS FROM RUTGERS COLLEGE BY ONE GOAL

    1878 · The New York herald, Nov 10, 1878

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1887 game

    1887 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 20, 1887

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: RUTGERS PENALIZED OFTEN ROLLING UP 80 Stevens Holds for Downs Only Twice. and Fails TO Score a Point. TODD'S SHOULDER INJURED

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 22, 1914

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 21, 1914Rutgers 83, Stevens 0at Stevens
Nov 2, 1892Stevens 22, Rutgers 6at Stevens
Oct 24, 1891Rutgers 12, Stevens 10at Rutgers
Nov 1, 1888Rutgers 18, Stevens 18at Rutgers
Oct 19, 1887Rutgers 5, Stevens 2at Stevens
Oct 8, 1887Rutgers 26, Stevens 0at Rutgers
Nov 24, 1882Rutgers 2, Stevens 0at Stevens
Nov 3, 1881Stevens 1, Rutgers 0at Stevens
Oct 16, 1880Rutgers 1, Stevens 0at Stevens
Oct 9, 1880Rutgers 5, Stevens 1at Rutgers
Dec 13, 1879Stevens 0, Rutgers 0at Stevens
Nov 25, 1879Stevens 3, Rutgers 1at Rutgers
Nov 23, 1879Rutgers 3, Stevens 3at Rutgers
Nov 11, 1879Rutgers 1, Stevens 0at Stevens
Nov 9, 1878Stevens 1, Rutgers 0at Stevens
Oct 29, 1878Rutgers 0, Stevens 0at Rutgers
Nov 14, 1877Rutgers 5, Stevens 0at Rutgers
Oct 27, 1877Stevens 4, Rutgers 1at Stevens
Nov 1, 1876Rutgers 3, Stevens 2at Rutgers
Oct 24, 1875Rutgers 6, Stevens 0at Rutgers
Nov 1, 1874Stevens 6, Rutgers 0at Rutgers

Every game is listed as played on the field.