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Columbia vs Rutgers Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Columbia and Rutgers.

PROGRAM ONEColumbia21 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD21–23–5WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWORutgers23 recorded wins
49Recorded meetings
1870Earliest documented
1978Most recent season
5Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

49 games
  1. 1870
    Columbia3 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 5, 1870Rutgers won
  2. 1872
    Columbia0 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 2, 1872Tie
  3. 1872
    Columbia5 — 7Rutgers
    Nov 9, 1872Rutgers won
  4. 1873
    Columbia4 — 5Rutgers
    Nov 1, 1873Rutgers won
  5. 1873
    Columbia4 — 3Rutgers
    Nov 8, 1873Columbia won
  6. 1874
    Columbia1 — 6Rutgers
    Oct 24, 1874Rutgers won
  7. 1874
    Columbia4 — 1Rutgers
    Nov 14, 1874Columbia won
  8. 1875
    Columbia1 — 1Rutgers
    Nov 2, 1875Tie
  9. 1877
    Columbia1 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 6, 1877Columbia won
  10. 1879
    Columbia0 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 20, 1879Tie
  11. 1880
    Columbia3 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 13, 1880Columbia won
  12. 1881
    Columbia0 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 8, 1881Tie
  13. 1881
    Columbia1 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 23, 1881Columbia won
  14. 1882
    Columbia0 — 2Rutgers
    Nov 9, 1882Rutgers won
  15. 1884
    Columbia5 — 35Rutgers
    Oct 15, 1884Rutgers won
  16. 1890
    Columbia6 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 15, 1890Tie
  17. 1891
    Columbia0 — 44Rutgers
    Oct 28, 1891Rutgers won
  18. 1899
    Columbia26 — 0Rutgers
    Sep 30, 1899Columbia won
  19. 1900
    Columbia11 — 0Rutgers
    Oct 3, 1900Columbia won
  20. 1901
    Columbia27 — 0Rutgers
    Oct 2, 1901Columbia won
  21. 1902
    Columbia43 — 0Rutgers
    Oct 4, 1902Columbia won
  22. 1935
    Columbia20 — 6Rutgers
    Oct 12, 1935Columbia won
  23. 1946
    Columbia13 — 7Rutgers
    Sep 28, 1946Columbia won
  24. 1947
    Columbia40 — 28Rutgers
    Sep 27, 1947Columbia won
  25. 1948
    Columbia27 — 6Rutgers
    Sep 25, 1948Columbia won
  26. 1953
    Columbia27 — 13Rutgers
    Nov 21, 1953Columbia won
  27. 1954
    Columbia12 — 45Rutgers
    Nov 20, 1954Rutgers won
  28. 1955
    Columbia6 — 12Rutgers
    Nov 19, 1955Rutgers won
  29. 1956
    Columbia18 — 12Rutgers
    Nov 24, 1956Columbia won
  30. 1957
    Columbia7 — 26Rutgers
    Nov 23, 1957Rutgers won
  31. 1958
    Columbia0 — 61Rutgers
    Nov 22, 1958Rutgers won
  32. 1959
    Columbia26 — 16Rutgers
    Nov 21, 1959Columbia won
  33. 1960
    Columbia2 — 43Rutgers
    Nov 19, 1960Rutgers won
  34. 1961
    Columbia19 — 32Rutgers
    Nov 25, 1961Rutgers won
  35. 1962
    Columbia6 — 22Rutgers
    Nov 24, 1962Rutgers won
  36. 1963
    Columbia35 — 28Rutgers
    Nov 23, 1963Columbia won
  37. 1964
    Columbia35 — 38Rutgers
    Oct 24, 1964Rutgers won
  38. 1965
    Columbia12 — 7Rutgers
    Oct 23, 1965Columbia won
  39. 1966
    Columbia34 — 37Rutgers
    Oct 22, 1966Rutgers won
  40. 1967
    Columbia24 — 13Rutgers
    Oct 28, 1967Columbia won
  41. 1968
    Columbia17 — 28Rutgers
    Oct 26, 1968Rutgers won
  42. 1969
    Columbia14 — 21Rutgers
    Oct 25, 1969Rutgers won
  43. 1970
    Columbia30 — 14Rutgers
    Oct 24, 1970Columbia won
  44. 1971
    Columbia17 — 16Rutgers
    Oct 23, 1971Columbia won
  45. 1972
    Columbia3 — 6Rutgers
    Oct 28, 1972Rutgers won
  46. 1973
    Columbia2 — 28Rutgers
    Oct 27, 1973Rutgers won
  47. 1975
    Columbia0 — 41Rutgers
    Oct 25, 1975Rutgers won
  48. 1976
    Columbia0 — 47Rutgers
    Oct 23, 1976Rutgers won
  49. 1978
    Columbia0 — 69Rutgers
    Oct 28, 1978Rutgers won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1978Columbia vs Rutgers0–69Rutgers won
1976Columbia vs Rutgers0–47Rutgers won
1975Columbia vs Rutgers0–41Rutgers won
1973Columbia vs Rutgers2–28Rutgers won
1972Columbia vs Rutgers3–6Rutgers won
1971Columbia vs Rutgers17–16Columbia won
1970Columbia vs Rutgers30–14Columbia won
1969Columbia vs Rutgers14–21Rutgers won
1968Columbia vs Rutgers17–28Rutgers won
1967Columbia vs Rutgers24–13Columbia won
1966Columbia vs Rutgers34–37Rutgers won
1965Columbia vs Rutgers12–7Columbia won
1964Columbia vs Rutgers35–38Rutgers won
1963Columbia vs Rutgers35–28Columbia won
1962Columbia vs Rutgers6–22Rutgers won
1961Columbia vs Rutgers19–32Rutgers won
1960Columbia vs Rutgers2–43Rutgers won
1959Columbia vs Rutgers26–16Columbia won
1958Columbia vs Rutgers0–61Rutgers won
1957Columbia vs Rutgers7–26Rutgers won
1956Columbia vs Rutgers18–12Columbia won
1955Columbia vs Rutgers6–12Rutgers won
1954Columbia vs Rutgers12–45Rutgers won
1953Columbia vs Rutgers27–13Columbia won
1948Columbia vs Rutgers27–6Columbia won
1947Columbia vs Rutgers40–28Columbia won
1946Columbia vs Rutgers13–7Columbia won
1935Columbia vs Rutgers20–6Columbia won
1902Columbia vs Rutgers43–0Columbia won
1901Columbia vs Rutgers27–0Columbia won
1900Columbia vs Rutgers11–0Columbia won
1899Columbia vs Rutgers26–0Columbia won
1891Columbia vs Rutgers0–44Rutgers won
1890Columbia vs Rutgers6–6Tie
1884Columbia vs Rutgers5–35Rutgers won
1882Columbia vs Rutgers0–2Rutgers won
1881Columbia vs Rutgers1–0Columbia won
1881Columbia vs Rutgers0–0Tie
1880Columbia vs Rutgers3–0Columbia won
1879Columbia vs Rutgers0–0Tie
1877Columbia vs Rutgers1–0Columbia won
1875Columbia vs Rutgers1–1Tie
1874Columbia vs Rutgers4–1Columbia won
1874Columbia vs Rutgers1–6Rutgers won
1873Columbia vs Rutgers4–3Columbia won
1873Columbia vs Rutgers4–5Rutgers won
1872Columbia vs Rutgers5–7Rutgers won
1872Columbia vs Rutgers0–0Tie
1870Columbia vs Rutgers3–6Rutgers won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.