DePauw Tigers
North CoastGreencastle, INBlackstock Stadium
2026: 5–1 (4–1 North Coast). Last: beat Denison 62–14 at home. Next: at Wittenberg, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- W 31–23at Rose Hulman
- L 27–37at Washington St. Louis
- W 56–21Ohio Wesleyan
- W 31–3at Kenyon
- W 68–7Oberlin
- W 62–14Denison
- Oct 24at Wittenberg
- Oct 31John Carroll
- Nov 7at Wooster
- Nov 14vs. Wabash
DePauw has played football since at least 1892 and is 49–73–1 in the 123 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from DePauw. The most-played rival is Purdue: 24 meetings, Purdue leads 23–1. This season, they’re 5–1.
On this date in 2024DePauw beat Denison 53–34 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 49–73–1 .402; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1239
- Seasons
- 46 since 1892, 123 games
2026 season 5–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | atRose Hulman | W 31–23 | 76% |
| Sep 12 | atWashington St. Louis | L 27–37 | 53% |
| Sep 19 | vsOhio Wesleyan | W 56–21 | 81% |
| Sep 26 | atKenyon | W 31–3 | 80% |
| Oct 3 | vsOberlin | W 68–7 | 96% |
| Oct 17 | vsDenison | W 62–14 | 72% |
| Oct 24 | atWittenberg | Preview | 81% |
| Oct 31 | vsJohn Carroll | Preview | 54% |
| Nov 7 | atWooster | Preview | 81% |
| Nov 14 | vsWabash | Preview | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at DePauw.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1892
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Purdue
1–23 in 24
- 1916 L 0–13
- 1917 L 6–7
- 1918 W 9–7
- 1919 L 0–24
- 1920 L 0–10
- 1924 L 0–36
- 1925 L 0–39
- 1927 L 0–15
- 1928 L 0–31
- 1929 L 7–26
Lost the last seven.
- Indiana
1–19–1 in 21
- 1913 L 3–48
- 1914 L 6–13
- 1915 L 0–7
- 1916 L 0–20
- 1917 L 0–35
- 1918 L 0–13
- 1922 T 0–0
- 1923 W 3–0
- 1924 L 0–21
- 1926 L 7–31
Lost the last two.
- Ohio Wesleyan
6–0 in 6
Won the last six.
| Opponent | Games | DPU record |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 24 | 1–23 |
| Indiana | 21 | 1–19–1 |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 6 | 6–0 |
| Illinois | 6 | 0–6 |
| Oberlin | 5 | 5–0 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 0–5 |
| Wabash | 5 | 4–1 |
| Rose Hulman | 5 | 5–0 |
The trophy it holds: Monon Bell (Wabash, since 2022). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (31)
Every program DePauw has played, A to Z, with DePauw’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alma 0–1
- Anderson (IN) 2–0
- Army 0–1
- Berry 1–0
- Butler 0–1
- Carnegie Mellon 0–1
- Centre 1–2
- Chicago 0–1
- Denison 5–0
- Greenville 1–0
- Hiram 3–0
- Illinois 0–6
- Indiana 1–19–1
- John Carroll 0–1
- Johns Hopkins 0–1
- Kenyon 5–0
- Knox 0–1
- Maryville (TN) 1–0
- Michigan 0–3
- Northwestern 0–3
- Notre Dame 0–5
- Oberlin 5–0
- Ohio Wesleyan 6–0
- Purdue 1–23
- Rose Hulman 5–0
- Wabash 4–1
- Washington St. Louis 0–1
- Wheaton (IL) 0–1
- Wisconsin Whitewater 1–0
- Wittenberg 3–1
- Wooster 4–0
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 1971 | Bob Steuber RB |
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1239 | ||||
| 2025 | 10–2 | 7–0 | 1311 | ||||
| 2024 | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1351 | ||||
| 2023 | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1281 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1227 | ||||
| 2021 | 0–1 | 1124 | |||||
| 2020 | 2–0 | 1229 | |||||
| 1944 | 0–1 | 1178 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1175 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–2 | 1180 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–3 | 1187 | |||||
| 1923 | 1–0 | 1217 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–1–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–2 | 1168 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–2 | 1164 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–3 | 1172 | |||||
| 1918few games on file | 1–1 | 1194 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 0–2 | 1170 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–2 | 1171 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1173 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–2 | 1169 |
Every season back to 1892 (21 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1168 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–2 | 1166 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–2 | 1170 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–2 | 1167 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–2 | 1169 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | 1168 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–1 | 1163 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–2 | 1152 | |||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–2 | 1162 | |||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–2 | 1156 | |||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–3 | 1157 | |||||
| 1901few games on file | 0–2 | 1161 | |||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–2 | 1159 | |||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–2 | 1166 | |||||
| 1898few games on file | 0–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 1897few games on file | 0–1 | 1169 | |||||
| 1896few games on file | 0–1 | 1166 | |||||
| 1894few games on file | 0–1 | 1164 | |||||
| 1893few games on file | 0–3 | 1157 | |||||
| 1892few games on file | 0–3 | 1174 |
No season on file for 1895, 1930–37, 1939–43, 1945–2019: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 46 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.