Swarthmore Garnet Tide
Swarthmore has played football since at least 1878 and is 58–92–3 in the 153 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 1 coach from Swarthmore. George Brooke (1903–1912) won more games here than any other coach: 39. The most-played rival is Pennsylvania: 35 meetings, Pennsylvania leads 30–4–1. This season, they’re 1–1.
On this date in 1912Swarthmore beat Navy 21–6 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 58–92–3 .389; 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
- 1224
- Seasons
- 49 since 1878, 153 games
1944 season 1–1
RosterFull 1944 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | at Temple | L 12–34 | 17% |
| Nov 11 | atNew York University | W 21–0 | 28% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 1944 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 Swarthmore.
Program strength since 1878
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| George Brooke | 1903–1912 | 39–13–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Pennsylvania
4–30–1 in 35
- 1923 L 10–13
- 1924 L 7–25
- 1925 L 13–26
- 1926 L 0–44
- 1927 L 0–33
- 1928 L 0–67
- 1929 L 6–20
- 1930 L 0–63
- 1931 L 7–32
- 1932 L 0–54
Lost the last 10.
- Lafayette
4–12 in 16
- 1904 L 0–4
- 1905 W 27–0
- 1909 L 0–22
- 1910 L 0–6
- 1911 L 5–12
- 1912 W 22–0
- 1913 L 0–19
- 1915 L 0–17
- 1916 W 10–6
- 1917 W 56–0
Won the last two.
- Lehigh
4–11 in 15
- 1894 L 0–33
- 1900 L 0–18
- 1901 W 6–5
- 1902 L 0–41
- 1903 L 5–10
- 1904 W 20–0
- 1910 W 15–8
- 1911 W 9–2
- 1912 L 0–3
- 1913 L 0–50
Lost the last two.
| Opponent | Games | SWAR record |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 4–30–1 |
| Lafayette | 16 | 4–12 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 4–11 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 6–4 |
| Princeton | 9 | 0–9 |
| Dickinson | 8 | 2–5–1 |
| Franklin & Marshall | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| Navy | 5 | 4–1 |
Every opponent (36)
Every program Swarthmore has played, A to Z, with Swarthmore’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst 1–0
- Army 0–1
- Bucknell 6–4
- Carlisle 0–1
- Columbia 0–3
- Cornell 1–2
- Delaware 2–0
- Dickinson 2–5–1
- Fordham 0–1
- Franklin & Marshall 4–2–1
- George Washington 3–0
- Georgetown 1–0
- Gettysburg 2–0
- Haverford 2–2
- Jefferson Medical 1–0
- Johns Hopkins 2–0
- Lafayette 4–12
- Lehigh 4–11
- Maryland 1–0
- Maryland-Baltimore 1–0
- Navy 4–1
- New York University 1–0
- Penn State 0–2
- Pennsylvania 4–30–1
- Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA 1–0
- Princeton 0–9
- Rutgers 1–0
- St. John’s (Maryland) 1–0
- Swarthmore Alumni 1–0
- Temple 0–2
- Ursinus 2–0
- USS Washington 1–0
- Villanova 3–1
- Virginia 1–2
- Washington and Lee 0–1
- Wesleyan (CT) 1–0
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 1
| 1974 | Bob Maxwell OG |
| 1969 | George Brooke FB |
| 1954 | William Roper coach, career 1903–1930 |
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1–1 | 1224 | |||||
| 1943 | 0–1 | 1178 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–2 | 1177 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | 1182 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–2 | 1181 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–2 | 1187 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–2 | 1193 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–2 | 1204 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–2 | 1217 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1–1 | 1236 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–2 | 1248 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 1–1 | 1290 | |||||
| 1918few games on file | 1–1 | 1308 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 1–2 | 1308 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 2–0 | 1329 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 1–1 | 1296 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 1–3 | 1324 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–3 | 1387 | |||||
| 1912 | 7–1–1 | George Brooke | 1475 | ||||
| 1911few games on file | 2–1 | 1369 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 2–1 | 1414 |
Every season back to 1878 (24 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909few games on file | 1–3 | 1499 | |||||
| 1907 | 6–2 | George Brooke | 1617 | ||||
| 1906 | 7–2 | George Brooke | 1596 | ||||
| 1905 | 7–1 | George Brooke | 1600 | ||||
| 1904 | 6–3 | George Brooke | 1434 | ||||
| 1903 | 6–4 | George Brooke | 1276 | ||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–4 | 1155 | |||||
| 1901few games on file | 1–2 | 1167 | |||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–3 | 1158 | |||||
| 1899few games on file | 1–1 | 1197 | |||||
| 1898few games on file | 1–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1897few games on file | 0–1–1 | 1150 | |||||
| 1896few games on file | 0–1 | 1161 | |||||
| 1895few games on file | 0–1 | 1166 | |||||
| 1894few games on file | 0–3 | 1153 | |||||
| 1892few games on file | 0–2 | 1176 | |||||
| 1891few games on file | 2–2 | 1203 | |||||
| 1890few games on file | 0–3 | 1106 | |||||
| 1889 | 1–6 | 1102 | |||||
| 1888 | 0–5 | 1102 | |||||
| 1887few games on file | 0–2 | 1157 | |||||
| 1886few games on file | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1885few games on file | 0–1 | 1190 | |||||
| 1878few games on file | 0–1 | 1195 |
No season on file for 1879–84, 1893, 1908, 1933–42: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 49 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.