Sewanee vs. Washington and Lee

Sewanee and Washington and Lee first met in 1939 and have played 4 times; the series is tied 2–⁠2. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Sewanee wins
2
Washington and Lee wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1939
Longest streak
2 Sewanee
Current streak
1 Washington and Lee
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1940s2–⁠0
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
16.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Sewanee
0–⁠1 Sewanee’s record at home
At Washington and Lee
1–⁠1 Washington and Lee’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Sewanee first
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Sewanee and Washington and Lee, 1939 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 29, 1941

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 10, 2022Washington and Lee 44, Sewanee 0at Sewanee
Sep 26, 1941Sewanee 20, Washington and Lee 19at Washington and Lee
Nov 16, 1940Sewanee 25, Washington and Lee 13Neutral site
Sep 30, 1939Washington and Lee 9, Sewanee 0at Washington and Lee

Every game is listed as played on the field.