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Washington & Jefferson vs. Yale

Washington & Jefferson and Yale first met in 1907 and have played 7 times; Yale leads the series 4–⁠2–⁠1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Yale 4–⁠2.

Washington & Jefferson wins
2
Yale wins
4
Ties
1
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
3 Yale
Current streak
1 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 4–⁠2
Most recent
1916

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s2–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
13.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale
4–⁠2–⁠1 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1915: Washington & Jefferson 16, Yale 7by 9 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1908: Yale 38, Washington & Jefferson 0by 38 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Washington & Jefferson and Yale, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1907 game: YALE HELD DOWN. Washington and Jefferson Beaten ONLY II Points.

    1907 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1907

  • The The Lake County times's story of the 1908 game: SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT Football.

    1908 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Oct 26, 1908

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: YALE MEETS A TARTAR Finds Washington and Jefferson a Hard Nut to Crack. FLYNN AGAIN MAN OF HOUR Scores Yale's First Touchdown -Pennsylvanians Make a Fine Field Goal.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 27, 1912

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1913 game: HARVARD RE|GNS. SUPREME OVER EASTERN TEAMS Dartmouth Ranks Second to Grim son Eleven at Present Rating. Princeton Defeat Big Blow,

    1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Oct 27, 1913

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: W. AND J. BEATS YALE BY SCORE OF 13 TO 7 llinkc! Tries End After End in Effort 10 stop SpicgcI and Fleming. PERCY HATGHTON SEES IT

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 25, 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

Oct 28, 1916Yale 36, Washington & Jefferson 14at Yale
Oct 23, 1915Washington & Jefferson 16, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 24, 1914Washington & Jefferson 13, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 25, 1913Yale 0, Washington & Jefferson 0at Yale
Oct 26, 1912Yale 13, Washington & Jefferson 3at Yale
Oct 24, 1908Yale 38, Washington & Jefferson 0at Yale
Nov 2, 1907Yale 11, Washington & Jefferson 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.