Decade leaderboard

Top 25 College Football Games of the 1890s

Every completed game in the decade, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games: 25
Top score: 35/100
Overtime: 0

National ranking

The decade's top 25

0 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

1899Week 13
Knox College at Beloit
Knox College 6, Beloit 6
Unranked Knox College vs. Unranked Beloit · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 12
Lake Forest College at Bennett Medical
Lake Forest College 0, Bennett Medical 0
Unranked Lake Forest College vs. Unranked Bennett Medical · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 11
Purdue at Notre Dame
Purdue 10, Notre Dame 10
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 11
Harvard at Yale
Harvard 0, Yale 0
Unranked Harvard vs. Unranked Yale · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 10
Minnesota at Beloit
Minnesota 5, Beloit 5
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Beloit · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 10
Northern Iowa at Iowa State
Northern Iowa 0, Iowa State 0
Unranked Northern Iowa vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 9
Illinois at Illinois Alumni
Illinois 0, Illinois Alumni 0
Unranked Illinois vs. Unranked Illinois Alumni · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 8
Minnesota at Grinnell
Minnesota 5, Grinnell 5
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Grinnell · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 8
Chicago at Pennsylvania
Chicago 5, Pennsylvania 5
Unranked Chicago vs. Unranked Pennsylvania · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 7
Amherst at Trinity (CT)
Amherst 0, Trinity (CT) 0
Unranked Amherst vs. Unranked Trinity (CT) · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 6
Penn State at Washington & Jefferson
Penn State 0, Washington & Jefferson 0
Unranked Penn State vs. Unranked Washington & Jefferson · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 5
Haverford at Dickinson (PA)
Haverford 0, Dickinson (PA) 0
Unranked Haverford vs. Unranked Dickinson (PA) · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 5
Chicago at Iowa
Chicago 5, Iowa 5
Unranked Chicago vs. Unranked Iowa · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 5
Lake Forest College at Lake Forest Alumni
Lake Forest College 0, Lake Forest Alumni 0
Unranked Lake Forest College vs. Unranked Lake Forest Alumni · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1899Week 5
Brown at Pennsylvania
Brown 6, Pennsylvania 6
Unranked Brown vs. Unranked Pennsylvania · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 13
Portland A.C. at Bowdoin
Portland A.C. 0, Bowdoin 0
Unranked Portland A.C. vs. Unranked Bowdoin · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 11
Northwestern at Armour
Northwestern 0, Armour 0
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Armour · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 11
Ursinus at Franklin & Marshall
Ursinus 10, Franklin & Marshall 10
Unranked Ursinus vs. Unranked Franklin & Marshall · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 11
Syracuse at Trinity (CT)
Syracuse 0, Trinity (CT) 0
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked Trinity (CT) · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 10
Dixon at Beloit
Dixon 0, Beloit 0
Unranked Dixon vs. Unranked Beloit · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 10
Franklin & Marshall at Bucknell
Franklin & Marshall 11, Bucknell 11
Unranked Franklin & Marshall vs. Unranked Bucknell · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 9
Amherst at Massachusetts
Amherst 0, Massachusetts 0
Unranked Amherst vs. Unranked Massachusetts · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 9
Army at Princeton
Army 5, Princeton 5
Unranked Army vs. Unranked Princeton · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 8
Lehigh at Bucknell
Lehigh 0, Bucknell 0
Unranked Lehigh vs. Unranked Bucknell · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1898Week 8
Trinity (CT) at MIT
Trinity (CT) 0, MIT 0
Unranked Trinity (CT) vs. Unranked MIT · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Older decades may have less complete poll, period, and box-score data.