Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels

Oglethorpe has played football since at least 1918 and is 38–⁠63–⁠3 in the 104 games on record. This season, they’re 0–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
38–⁠63–⁠3 .380; 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
1142
Best season by Elo
1925 rated 1474
Seasons
23 since 1918, 104 games

1940 season 0–⁠2

RosterFull 1940 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠5320%
Oct 26atThe CitadelL 0–⁠2525%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Oglethorpe’s Elo through 1940: 1170 going into the opener, 1142 after the last game.112511501175Elo 1170 going in; lost to Georgia 53–0Elo 1156 going in; lost to The Citadel 25–0Final: Elo 1142 after the last game1142
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1918

Best seasons ever
Oglethorpe end-of-season Elo from 1918 to 1940, best in 1925 at 1474.1300150017001900192019251930193519401925 peak: Elo 1474
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesOglethorpe record
Mercer115–⁠6
The Citadel93–⁠5–⁠1
Georgia Tech91–⁠8
Georgia81–⁠7
Chattanooga75–⁠1–⁠1
Furman71–⁠6
Sewanee61–⁠5
Fort Benning53–⁠2
Every opponent (33)

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

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19400–⁠21142
19390–⁠11155
19380–⁠41146
19370–⁠21184
19361–⁠11190
19350–⁠21187
19341–⁠21223
19330–⁠41211
19320–⁠11278
19312–⁠01334
19300–⁠21251
19291–⁠11298
19280–⁠11294
19270–⁠21348
19262–⁠21453
19258–⁠31474
19246–⁠3–⁠11451
19235–⁠61393
19221–⁠91335
19215–⁠41406
19204–⁠4–⁠11371
19192–⁠6–⁠11210
1918few games on file0–⁠11195

All 23 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.