Catholic
Catholic has played football since at least 1912 and is 16–27–2 in the 45 games on record. This season, they’re 1–3.
On this date in 1935Catholic beat Detroit Mercy 13–7 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 16–27–2 .378; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1287
- Seasons
- 19 since 1912, 45 games
1940 season 1–3
RosterFull 1940 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | atDetroit Mercy | L 0–13 | 15% |
| Oct 18 | at Miami | W 20–18 | 42% |
| Nov 9 | at Tulsa | L 6–12 | 14% |
| Nov 16 | vsHardin Simmons | L 19–27 | 25% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1912
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Maryland
0–5–1 in 6
Tied the last meeting.
- Detroit Mercy
2–4 in 6
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | Catholic record |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 6 | 0–5–1 |
| Detroit Mercy | 6 | 2–4 |
Every opponent (21)
Every program Catholic has played, A to Z, with Catholic’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arizona State 0–0–1
- Detroit Mercy 2–4
- Duquesne 1–1
- Hardin Simmons 0–1
- Lafayette 0–1
- Lehigh 0–1
- Loyola (LA) 0–1
- Maryland 0–5–1
- Miami 3–1
- NC State 3–0
- Ole Miss 1–1
- Richmond 0–1
- Saint Louis 0–2
- South Carolina 2–1
- Tulsa 1–1
- Villanova 0–1
- Virginia Tech 0–1
- VMI 1–2
- Wake Forest 2–0
- West Virginia 0–1
- West Virginia Wesleyan 0–1
Old photographs
Ends of football at Catholic University Kelley, Mayer, Moore, McCann, and Howell.Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection, no known restrictions on publication
From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season; the one they date is on its season’s page.
On the newsreel
- GOTHAM IN WILD CELEBRATION
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1–3 | 1287 | |||||
| 1939 | 4–0–1 | 1343 | |||||
| 1938 | 1–3 | 1226 | |||||
| 1937 | 1–3 | 1251 | |||||
| 1936 | 1–2 | 1288 | |||||
| 1935 | 4–0 | 1354 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1242 | |||||
| 1933 | 1–1 | 1268 | |||||
| 1932 | 1–0 | 1247 | |||||
| 1931 | 1–0 | 1216 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–0–1 | 1178 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | 1157 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–3 | 1142 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–2 | 1161 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–3 | 1168 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 1–2 | 1192 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1185 |
No season on file for 1913–14, 1917–18, 1925–30: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 19 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.