Tufts Jumbos
NESCACMedford, MAEllis Oval at Zimman Field
2026: 3–2 (3–2 NESCAC). Last: lost to Trinity (CT) 28–9 at home. Next: at Williams, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.
- W 42–28Hamilton
- L 7–42at Wesleyan (CT)
- W 22–21at Bates
- W 20–13Bowdoin
- L 9–28Trinity (CT)
- Oct 24at Williams
- Oct 31Amherst
- Nov 7at Colby
- Nov 14Middlebury
Tufts has played football since at least 1875 and is 104–166–5 in the 275 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 1 coach from Tufts. The most-played rival is Brown: 25 meetings, Brown leads 23–2. This season, they’re 3–2.
On this date in 2024Tufts beat Hamilton 20–13 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 104–166–5 .387; 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
- 1028
- Seasons
- 59 since 1875, 275 games
2026 season 3–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vsHamilton | W 42–28 | 72% |
| Sep 26 | atWesleyan (CT) | L 7–42 | 28% |
| Oct 3 | atBates | W 22–21 | 62% |
| Oct 10 | vsBowdoin | W 20–13 | 74% |
| Oct 17 | vsTrinity (CT) | L 9–28 | 35% |
| Oct 24 | atWilliams | Preview | 31% |
| Oct 31 | vsAmherst | Preview | 49% |
| Nov 7 | atColby | Preview | 50% |
| Nov 14 | vsMiddlebury | Preview | 54% |
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 Tufts.
Program strength since 1875
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Brown
2–23 in 25
- 1931 L 12–33
- 1932 L 0–11
- 1936 L 7–38
- 1937 L 0–19
- 1938 L 0–48
- 1939 L 7–54
- 1940 L 6–26
- 1941 L 6–28
- 1943 L 6–35
- 1944 L 0–44
Lost the last 10.
- Army
0–19 in 19
- 1905 L 0–18
- 1906 L 0–12
- 1907 L 0–21
- 1908 L 0–5
- 1909 L 0–22
- 1910 L 0–24
- 1912 L 6–15
- 1913 L 0–2
- 1917 L 3–26
- 1919 L 13–24
Lost the last 10.
- Harvard
3–15 in 18
- 1916 W 7–3
- 1918 L 0–7
- 1919 L 0–23
- 1923 L 0–16
- 1926 L 6–69
- 1945 W 7–6
- 1946 L 0–49
- 1956 W 19–13
- 1965 L 0–33
- 1966 L 0–45
Lost the last two.
| Opponent | Games | TUFT record |
|---|---|---|
| Brown | 25 | 2–23 |
| Army | 19 | 0–19 |
| Harvard | 18 | 3–15 |
| Bowdoin | 16 | 10–6 |
| Exeter | 12 | 5–6–1 |
| Holy Cross | 11 | 3–8 |
| Dartmouth | 11 | 1–10 |
| Amherst | 10 | 4–6 |
Every opponent (49)
Every program Tufts has played, A to Z, with Tufts’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst 4–6
- Andover 3–7
- Army 0–19
- Bates 5–1
- Boston A.C. 1–2
- Boston College 7–0
- Boston English High 1–0
- Boston Latin High 2–0
- Boston University 3–1
- Bowdoin 10–6
- Brown 2–23
- C.M.T.S. 1–0
- Coast Guard 1–1
- Colby 3–1
- Columbia 0–1
- Cornell 2–2
- Dartmouth 1–10
- Dean Academy 2–0
- Exeter 5–6–1
- F.A.A. 1–0
- Hamilton 4–1
- Harvard 3–15
- Harvard B 1–0
- Holy Cross 3–8
- Hopkinson 1–0
- Hyde Park 0–1
- Indiana 1–0
- Maine 3–4
- Manhattan 2–0
- Massachusetts 2–5
- Medford A.C. 1–0
- Middlebury 2–2
- MIT 4–4–2
- New Hampshire 3–2
- Newburyport A.C. 0–0–1
- Newton A.C. 1–0
- Princeton 0–1
- Rochester (NY) 0–1
- Rutgers 0–1
- Springfield 1–0
- Syracuse 0–4
- Trinity (CT) 4–6
- Vermont 0–1–1
- Wesleyan (CT) 2–3
- Wesleyan (CT) 2–5
- Whitman 1–0
- Williams 4–4
- WPI 5–2
- Yale 0–10
Conferences
- Independent 1897–1905
- NESCAC since 2014
Tufts’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 1
| 1997 | William Grinnell E |
| 1955 | Edward N. Robinson coach, career 1898–1925 |
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1028 | ||||
| 2025 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 1056 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 1214 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 1244 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 1300 | ||||
| 1966 | 0–1 | 1204 | |||||
| 1965 | 0–1 | 1215 | |||||
| 1956 | 1–0 | 1232 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–1 | 1191 | |||||
| 1945 | 2–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1944 | 0–2 | 1145 | |||||
| 1943 | 0–2 | 1165 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–1 | 1174 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–1 | 1171 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1168 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1168 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1166 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1167 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1185 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1189 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | 1190 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | 1200 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1206 |
Every season back to 1875 (34 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919few games on file | 0–3 | 1220 | |||||
| 1918few games on file | 0–1 | 1248 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 1–2 | 1278 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 2–2 | 1237 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–3 | 1185 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1196 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1196 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–3 | 1205 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–2 | 1230 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | 1260 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–1 | 1311 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 1–2 | 1383 | |||||
| 1905 | 5–3 | 1336 | |||||
| 1904 | 2–10–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1903 | 5–9 | 1291 | |||||
| 1902 | 4–6–1 | 1370 | |||||
| 1901 | 6–6–1 | 1403 | |||||
| 1900 | 3–6–1 | 1374 | |||||
| 1899 | 7–4 | 1335 | |||||
| 1898 | 1–9 | 1179 | |||||
| 1897 | 6–7 | 1244 | |||||
| 1896 | 2–6–1 | 1206 | |||||
| 1895 | 8–5 | 1297 | |||||
| 1894 | 6–5 | 1240 | |||||
| 1893 | 4–7 | 1270 | |||||
| 1892 | 8–2 | 1373 | |||||
| 1891few games on file | 1–0 | 1198 | |||||
| 1887 | 3–6 | 1116 | |||||
| 1886 | 0–9 | 1028 | |||||
| 1884few games on file | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1877few games on file | 0–3 | 1180 | |||||
| 1875few games on file | 0–1 | 1198 |
No season on file for 1876, 1878–83, 1885, 1888–90, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1927, 1929, 1933–35, 1942, 1947–55, 1957–64, 1967–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 59 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.