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Wesleyan (CT) vs. Williams

Wesleyan (CT) and Williams have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1883; Wesleyan (CT) leads the series 8–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wesleyan (CT) 5–⁠4.

Wesleyan (CT) wins
8
Williams wins
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1883
Longest streak
4 Wesleyan (CT)
Current streak
1 Williams
Last 10 meetings
Wesleyan (CT) 5–⁠4
Most recent
1906

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s3–⁠0
1890s3–⁠1
1900s2–⁠4–⁠1
Average margin
14.6 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wesleyan (CT)
4–⁠2 Wesleyan (CT)‘s record at home
At Williams
3–⁠4–⁠1 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. Wesleyan (CT)‘s biggest win1900: Wesleyan (CT) 35, Williams 0by 35 points
  2. Williams’s biggest win1904: Williams 23, Wesleyan (CT) 0by 23 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Wesleyan (CT) and Williams, 1883 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 Waterbury evening Democrat's story of the 1889 game: Wesleyan Beat williams,

    1889 · Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 31, 1889

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1896 game: PRINCETON ELEVEN NOT ABLE TO SCORE AGAINST LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, FIFTEEN MINUTE HALVES msNO PLAYED AND NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO COUNT A POINT. mEooRD BROKEN AT LEXINGTON. "A Fast nile Was Paced by Star Pointer in the Free for All Event.

    1896 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 8, 1896

  • The The Worcester spy's story of the 1898 game: In the w Orldof Foot Ball. GREAT STRENGTH Was Shown by Carlisle and Cornell in Their Games.

    1898 · The Worcester spy, Massachusetts, Oct 23, 1898

  • The The sun's story of the 1899 game: ON OTHER 0IRDIRoNs. Wesleyan Defeats Williams and Wins Tri. angular League Championship.

    1899 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 26, 1899

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1904 game: WILLIAMS THE CHAMPION Defeats Wesleyan in annual Game by % to 0.

    1904 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 20, 1904

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 10, 1906Williams 18, Wesleyan (CT) 11at Williams
Nov 18, 1905Wesleyan (CT) 18, Williams 0at Williams
Nov 19, 1904Williams 23, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 7, 1903Williams 5, Wesleyan (CT) 5at Williams
Nov 15, 1902Williams 28, Wesleyan (CT) 5at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 9, 1901Williams 11, Wesleyan (CT) 5at Williams
Nov 17, 1900Wesleyan (CT) 35, Williams 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 25, 1899Wesleyan (CT) 11, Williams 5at Williams
Oct 22, 1898Wesleyan (CT) 22, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 23, 1897Wesleyan (CT) 22, Williams 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 3, 1896Williams 6, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Williams
Oct 30, 1889Wesleyan (CT) 20, Williams 17at Williams
Oct 26, 1887Wesleyan (CT) 18, Williams 6at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 17, 1883Wesleyan (CT) 21, Williams 0at Wesleyan (CT)

Every game is listed as played on the field.