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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 4–4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1880s | 5–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 |
- 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
- Rutgers’s biggest win1914: Rutgers 83, Stevens 0by 83 points
- Stevens’s biggest win1892: Stevens 22, Rutgers 6by 16 points
- Upset1874: Stevens 6, Rutgers 0Stevens had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1879: Stevens 3, Rutgers 1Stevens had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1892: Stevens 22, Rutgers 6Stevens had a 23% 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

1878 · The New York herald, Nov 10, 1878

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

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, 1914 | Rutgers 83, Stevens 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 2, 1892 | Stevens 22, Rutgers 6 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 24, 1891 | Rutgers 12, Stevens 10 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 1, 1888 | Rutgers 18, Stevens 18 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 19, 1887 | Rutgers 5, Stevens 2 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 8, 1887 | Rutgers 26, Stevens 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 24, 1882 | Rutgers 2, Stevens 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 3, 1881 | Stevens 1, Rutgers 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 16, 1880 | Rutgers 1, Stevens 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 9, 1880 | Rutgers 5, Stevens 1 | at Rutgers | ||
| Dec 13, 1879 | Stevens 0, Rutgers 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 25, 1879 | Stevens 3, Rutgers 1 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 23, 1879 | Rutgers 3, Stevens 3 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 11, 1879 | Rutgers 1, Stevens 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 9, 1878 | Stevens 1, Rutgers 0 | at Stevens | ||
| Oct 29, 1878 | Rutgers 0, Stevens 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 14, 1877 | Rutgers 5, Stevens 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 27, 1877 | Stevens 4, Rutgers 1 | at Stevens | ||
| Nov 1, 1876 | Rutgers 3, Stevens 2 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 24, 1875 | Rutgers 6, Stevens 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 1, 1874 | Stevens 6, Rutgers 0 | at Rutgers |
Every game is listed as played on the field.