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Springfield vs. Yale

Springfield and Yale have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1891; Yale leads the series 11–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 10–⁠0, and Yale has won the last 11.

Springfield wins
0
Yale wins
11
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1891
Longest streak
11 Yale
Current streak
11 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 10–⁠0
Most recent
1947

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1900s0–⁠6
1910s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Springfield
0–⁠1 Springfield’s record at home
At Yale
10–⁠0 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
11

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Yale’s biggest win1892: Yale 50, Springfield 0by 50 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Springfield and Yale, 1891 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1904 game: YALE HARD PRESSED BY SPRINGFIELD. Y. NJ. C. A. Makes Big Gains Through Blue Line-The Score, to o.

    1904 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 13, 1904

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1905 game: SPRINGFIELD EASY VICTIM TRAINING SCHOOL NO MATCH FOR KALE ELEVEN.

    1905 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Oct 12, 1905

  • The The sun's story of the 1906 game: YALE IN A RAGGED GAME. Beats Springfield N to O-LeVIne Ruled on m Charge OF smuggling.

    1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 11, 1906

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story of the 1907 game: FOOTBALL SCORES. Harvard, SO; Bates, a. Yale, IS; Springfield Training, 0. EAST GERMANTOWN, IND.

    1907 · The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., Oct 10, 1907

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1909 game: EASY GAME FOR YALE BIG SCORE PILED Up Hobbs Plays Great Football a goi,,, Springfield.

    1909 · New-York tribune, Oct 10, 1909

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).

Every game

Oct 25, 1947Yale 49, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 4, 1919Yale 20, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 16, 1915Yale 19, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 9, 1909Yale 36, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 9, 1907Yale 18, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1906Yale 12, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 11, 1905Yale 29, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 12, 1904Yale 6, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1903Yale 22, Springfield 0at Yale
Oct 26, 1892Yale 50, Springfield 0at Springfield
Oct 14, 1891Yale 28, Springfield 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.