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Union (NY) vs. Williams

Union (NY) and Williams have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1887; Williams leads the series 10–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Williams 9–⁠1, and Williams has won the last 3.

Union (NY) wins
1
Williams wins
10
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1887
Longest streak
7 Williams
Current streak
3 Williams
Last 10 meetings
Williams 9–⁠1
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠2
1890s1–⁠6
1900s0–⁠2
Average margin
27.5 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Union (NY)
0–⁠6 Union (NY)‘s record at home
At Williams
4–⁠1 Williams’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Union (NY)‘s biggest win1898: Union (NY) 6, Williams 0by 6 points
  2. Williams’s biggest win1889: Williams 130, Union (NY) 0by 130 points
  3. Upset1898: Union (NY) 6, Williams 0Union (NY) had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Union (NY) and Williams, 1887 on130015001700189019001910192019301940

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 St. Paul daily globe's story of the 1894 game: Starbuck. 49,. Righ thBlf-back...... Hamlin Obi. 80. Fpll-back.. .,,.,V, Brewer Other KIcKers.

    1894 · St. Paul daily globe, Saint Paul, Minn., Oct 28, 1894

  • The Evening star's story of the 1905 game: Williams Defeats Union.

    1905 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1905

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

Oct 7, 1905Williams 12, Union (NY) 0at Union (NY)
Oct 13, 1900Williams 5, Union (NY) 0at Union (NY)
Oct 14, 1899Williams 12, Union (NY) 5at Union (NY)
Oct 5, 1898Union (NY) 6, Williams 0at Williams
Nov 9, 1895Williams 14, Union (NY) 6at Union (NY)
Nov 17, 1894Williams 20, Union (NY) 0at Williams
Oct 27, 1894Williams 4, Union (NY) 0at Union (NY)
Nov 18, 1893Williams 12, Union (NY) 6at Union (NY)
Oct 18, 1892Williams 14, Union (NY) 4at Williams
Oct 12, 1889Williams 130, Union (NY) 0at Williams
Nov 5, 1887Williams 94, Union (NY) 0at Williams

Every game is listed as played on the field.