American

American has played football since at least 1905 and is 1–⁠4–⁠1 in the 6 games on record. This season, they’re 0–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
1–⁠4–⁠1 .250; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1168
Best season by Elo
1918 rated 1235
Seasons
5 since 1905, 6 games

1938 season 0–⁠1

RosterFull 1938 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 29atHampden SydneyL 0–⁠2047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Program strength since 1905

Best seasons ever
American end-of-season Elo from 1905 to 1938, best in 1918 at 1235.130015001700190019051910191519201925193019351918 peak: Elo 1235
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
Every opponent (4)

Every program American has played, A to Z, with American’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19380–⁠11168
19370–⁠11194
1918few games on file1–⁠01235
1906few games on file0–⁠1–⁠11189
1905few games on file0–⁠11189

No season on file for 1907–⁠17, 1919–⁠36: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 5 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.