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Rutgers vs Yale Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONERutgers2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–11WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOYale11 recorded wins
13Recorded meetings
1873Earliest documented
1978Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

13 games
  1. 1873
    Rutgers1 — 3Yale
    Oct 25, 1873Yale won
  2. 1875
    Rutgers1 — 4Yale
    Nov 6, 1875Yale won
  3. 1879
    Rutgers0 — 5Yale
    Nov 15, 1879Yale won
  4. 1882
    Rutgers0 — 9Yale
    Oct 21, 1882Yale won
  5. 1882
    Rutgers0 — 5Yale
    Oct 28, 1882Yale won
  6. 1883
    Rutgers0 — 92Yale
    Nov 6, 1883Yale won
  7. 1884
    Rutgers10 — 76Yale
    Oct 22, 1884Yale won
  8. 1887
    Rutgers0 — 74Yale
    Nov 5, 1887Yale won
  9. 1888
    Rutgers0 — 65Yale
    Oct 6, 1888Yale won
  10. 1890
    Rutgers0 — 70Yale
    Nov 8, 1890Yale won
  11. 1936
    Rutgers0 — 28Yale
    Oct 24, 1936Yale won
  12. 1966
    Rutgers17 — 14Yale
    Oct 1, 1966Rutgers won
  13. 1978
    Rutgers28 — 27Yale
    Oct 7, 1978Rutgers won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1978Rutgers vs Yale28–27Rutgers won
1966Rutgers vs Yale17–14Rutgers won
1936Rutgers vs Yale0–28Yale won
1890Rutgers vs Yale0–70Yale won
1888Rutgers vs Yale0–65Yale won
1887Rutgers vs Yale0–74Yale won
1884Rutgers vs Yale10–76Yale won
1883Rutgers vs Yale0–92Yale won
1882Rutgers vs Yale0–5Yale won
1882Rutgers vs Yale0–9Yale won
1879Rutgers vs Yale0–5Yale won
1875Rutgers vs Yale1–4Yale won
1873Rutgers vs Yale1–3Yale 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.