Most games played (DI teams only)

[darell1976]

To side step rivals...who has your team played against the most times? (since teams like mine has been in DII for many years let's stick to current DI teams)

North Dakota

1. NDSU 110
2. South Dakota 93
3. South Dakota State 84
4. UNI 39
5. Montana State 29
6. Northern Colorado 25
7. Montana 20
8. Minnesota 20
9. Southern Utah 6
10. Cal Poly, UC Davis 5

[dbackjon]

For NAU

Idaho St. 50
Weber St. (UT) 48
Montana 46
Montana St. 46
Arizona St. 39
Eastern Washington 29
New Mexico 27
Boise St. (ID) 25
New Mexico St. 25
Portland State 20
Idaho 20




D2 teams would be 10 and 11 in list of all opponents

[813Jag]

Southern:
1. Prairie View 80
2. Alcorn State 66
3. Texas Southern 66
4. Florida A&M 62
5. Grambling 60
6. UAPB 60
7. Jackson State 57
8. Mississippi Valley 43
9. Tennessee State 41
10. Alabama State 37
11. Nicholls State 19
12. AAMU 14
13. Northwestern State 10

[SFA 93]

Sam Houston State 87
Texas State 87
Northwestern State 69
McNeese State 32
Lamar 31
North Texas 29
Nicholls State 29
Louisiana-Lafayette 20
Southeastern Louisiana 16
Louisiana-Monroe 14
Abilene Christian 14
Northern Iowa 10

[Sammy94]

Texas State 88
SFA 87
Northwestern State 35
Lamar 34
McNeese 34
North Texas 29
Nicholls State 28

[catbob]

If I did my math correctly...

UM 113
Idaho State 78
Weber State 49
NAU 46
Idaho 42
EWU 36
NDSU 34
Utah State 32
UND 30
UNC 29

[Bisonator]

NDSU vs:

UND - 110
SDSU - 100
USD - 78
UNI - 45
Montana State - 34
UNC - 30

[ElCid]

For The Citadel

Furman 92
VMI 68
Wofford 65
Presbyterian (SC) 62
Davidson (NC) 56
South Carolina 50
Tennessee-Chattanooga 46
Appalachian St. 41
Western Carolina 37
Clemson 36
Richmond 27
William & Mary 25
*East Tennessee St. 24
Georgia Southern 22
East Carolina 17
Marshall 15
Florida 14
Elon 12
*Mercer 11
Georgia Tech 10

*close enough to Div 1 again

[LeadBolt]

For William & Mary, if I counted correctly (current D1 schools only):

Richmond 122
VMI 88
Virginia Tech 52
Navy 42
Delaware 37
James Madison 35
U. VA. 34
Villanova 31
The Citadel 25
NC State 20
Wake Forest 20
East Carolina 17
West Virginia 16
New Hampshire 16
UNC 15
Furman 15

[Bogus Megapardus]

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4632/7lb6.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lafayette vs (40 or more games) -

Lehigh - 148

Penn - 90

Bucknell - 90

Rutgers - 72

Colgate - 56

Princeton - 46

Columbia - 42

[clenz]

I left FBS teams off....Iowa and Iowa State would both qualify as Iowa is at 16 and Iowa State 24



Drake 56
South Dakota State 47
North Dakota State 45
South Dakota 43
Western Illinois 41
North Dakota 38
Missouri State 33
Southern Illinois 31
Illinois State 29
Indiana State 28
Youngstown State27
Eastern Illinois 23
McNeese State 11
Stephen F Austin 9

[URMite]

In a 129 seasons, here are the dirty dozen (excluding D-III RMC/HSC):

William & Mary 122
VMI 88

Virginia Tech 51
UVA 31

Villanova 31
JMU 30
Delaware 29

Davidson 29

The Citadel 27
UMass 26
Furman 25
West Virginia 25

[URMite]

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4632/7lb6.jpg

We should probably start designing a logo for 2015 - UR vs W&M 125th meeting

[darell1976]

I left FBS teams off....Iowa and Iowa State would both qualify as Iowa is at 16 and Iowa State 24


North Dakota 38


I would love to see this number go up. Before 2006 (the last meeting between the two teams) it has been what since the 1970's?

[PAllen]

I'll go with 20+ games as it adds some interesting teams. I also included the few non-D-Is as when we played them, college fb was very different.

Lehigh Opponents (according to cfb data wharehouse):

Lafayette 148
Bucknell 76
Rutgers 74
Penn 57
Princeton 56
Colgate 51
Delaware 47
Gettysburg 45 (Last 1977)
Muhlenberg 42 (Last 1954)
Holy Cross 28
Cornell 25
Cornell 25
Fordham 25
Penn State 23
Haverford 22 (Last 1940)
Navy 21
Yale 21

[UAalum72]

Many of these when neither Albany nor the opponent was Division I

Central Conn. 17
Wagner 16
Sacred Heart 15
Monmouth 15
Hofstra 14
Stony Brook 14
St. Francis 14
Buffalo 11
Fordham 8

[Pard4Life]

We should probably start designing a logo for 2015 - UR vs W&M 125th meeting

Bogie could do that for you... the "loser goes to the Patriot League kicking and screaming" rivalry.

[DFW HOYA]

Top 10 games played for the Hoyas (D-II and D-III teams removed).

1. Fordham: 56
2. St. Peter's: 29
3. Bucknell: 25
4. Holy Cross: 25
5. St. John's: 22
6. George Washington: 19
7. Navy: 19
8. Duquesne: 19
9. NYU: 18
10. Maryland: 17

[Bogus Megapardus]

Bogie could do that for you... the "loser goes to the Patriot League kicking and screaming" rivalry.

It's tempting . . . .

[clenz]

I would love to see this number go up. Before 2006 (the last meeting between the two teams) it has been what since the 1970's?
1978...UNI's last year in the same conference as UND.

Met in 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, and every year from 1947-1978


I'd like to see it go up as well.

Honestly, if UNI could set some sort of rotating series up with Drake and UND it would be awesome IMO

[McNeese75]

I left FBS teams off....Iowa and Iowa State would both qualify as Iowa is at 16 and Iowa State 24



Drake 56
South Dakota State 47
North Dakota State 45
South Dakota 43
Western Illinois 41
North Dakota 38
Missouri State 33
Southern Illinois 31
Illinois State 29
Indiana State 28
Youngstown State27
Eastern Illinois 23
McNeese State 11
Stephen F Austin 9

xthumbsupx #12 coming Sept 28th

[Lehigh'98]

Lafayette vs (40 or more games) -

Lehigh - 148

Penn - 90

Bucknell - 90

Rutgers - 72

Colgate - 56

Princeton - 46

Columbia - 42


Why has Lafayette played Penn so many more times than Lehigh. It seems that game would make sense almost every season for LU dating back a long time. Plus the Bednarik factor having a connection to both schools.

[poly51]

For Cal Poly

Fresno State 43
UC Davis 38
Sacramento State 32
San Diego State 25
Southern Utah 25
Portland State 19
Idaho State 18
Boise State 16
Montana 16
Montana State 13

[Vitojr130]

If memory serves me right:

WhouixND: A butt-ton
SDSU: Slightly less than a butt-ton
Everyone else: needs more

[chattanoogamocs]

Chattanooga (minimum 20 games)

46 The Citadel
42 Furman
41 Tennessee
39 East Tennessee State
39 Western Carolina
38 Middle Tennessee State
38 Tennessee Tech
38 Samford
37 Jacksonville State
36 Appalachian State
26 Georgia Southern
24 Mercer
23 Marshall
21 Auburn

The Mocs have a winning record versus 9 of the 14 (losing record to Furman, UTK, ASU, GSU and Auburn)

[PantherRob82]

xthumbsupx #12 coming Sept 28th

Hope to see you there.

[OhioHen]

Current D-I opponents with 20 or more vs. Delaware

Lehigh 47
Villanova 46
William & Mary 37
Temple 36
Bucknell 34
Maine 32
Massachusetts 32
New Hampshire 31
Rutgers 31
Richmond 29
Rhode Island 28
Connecticut 27
Lafayette 25
James Madison 20

[GateRaider63]

Here is Colgate

Cornell (NY) 94
Holy Cross (MA) 75
Syracuse (NY) 66
Bucknell (PA) 61
Brown (RI) 56
Lafayette (PA) 56
Princeton (NJ) 52
Lehigh (PA) 51
Rutgers (NJ) 42
Yale (CT) 39
Army (NY) 29
Rochester (NY) 29
Columbia (NY) 26
Dartmouth (NH) 25
Fordham (NY) 24
Boston (MA) 23
St. Lawrence (NY) 20
Hamilton (NY) 19
Hobart (NY) 17

[Sader87]

Holy Cross' Top 10:

1. Boston College 82 (last 1986)
2. Dartmouth 76 (last 2012)
3. Colgate 75 (last 2012)
4. Harvard 66 (last 2012)
5. Fordham 50 (last 2012)
5. UMass 50 (last 2011)
7. Brown 48 (last 2012)
8. Boston University 39 (last 1993)
9. Yale 31 (last 2008)
10.Bucknell 29 (last 2012)

Others: Syracuse 28 (1973), UConn 28 (1985), Lehigh 28 (2012), Lafayette 27 (2012), Georgetown 25 (2012), Army 24 (2002), Temple 23 (1974), Villanova 22 (2009), Rutgers 19 (1979)

Interesting factoid, we are 3-0 lifetime against Georgia.

[AmsterBison]

I left FBS teams off....Iowa and Iowa State would both qualify as Iowa is at 16 and Iowa State 24



Drake 56
South Dakota State 47
North Dakota State 45
South Dakota 43
Western Illinois 41
North Dakota 38
Missouri State 33
Southern Illinois 31
Illinois State 29
Indiana State 28
Youngstown State27
Eastern Illinois 23
McNeese State 11
Stephen F Austin 9

I just got down going through the UNI media guide on a side project... looks like you are 10 high with Drake and 1 high on Eastern Illinois, but just to be sure: What's your source?

[AmsterBison]

The FCS Century Club (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. Lehigh v Lafayette, 148
2. Yale v Princeton, 135
3. Harvard v Yale, 129
4. William & Mary v Richmond, 123
5. Penn v Cornell, 119
6. Brown v Yale, 117
7. Dartmouth v Harvard, 116
8. Montana State v Montana, 112
9. Harvard v Brown, 112
10. North Dakota State v North Dakota, 110
11. South Dakota State v South Dakota, 108
12. Princeton v Harvard, 105
13. Penn v Princeton, 104
14. New Hampshire v Maine, 102
15. Illinois State v Eastern Illinois, 101
16. Cornell v Columbia, 100
17. North Dakota State v South Dakota State, 100

Next up: Brown v Rhode Island, Cornell v Dartmouth, Yale v Dartmouth

[ccd494]

Here's a good look at how New England college football has changed.

Maine:
1. New Hampshire 102
2. Rhode Island 89
3. Connecticut 73 (FBS)
4. Massachusetts 56 (FBS)
5. Northeastern 41 (defunct)
6. Boston University 32 (defunct)
7. Vermont 31 (defunct)
8. Delaware 30
9. Richmond 22
10. Hofstra 18 (defunct)

Other:
Bates 76
Colby 75
Bowdoin 66

[bjtheflamesfan]

Liberty has played Charleston Southern (20 meetings 18-2 record 7 consecutive wins), Gardner-Webb (19 meetings 10-8-1 record 6 consecutive wins), JMU (17 meetings 5-12 record 6 consecutive losses), Delaware State (14 meetings, 9-5 record), and Central Florida (11 meetings 3-8 record 2 consecutive losses) the most in the Division I era (11th meeting with Coastal Carolina in 2013)

[MplsBison]

The FCS Century Club (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. Lehigh v Lafayette, 148
2. Yale v Princeton, 135
3. Harvard v Yale, 129
4. William & Mary v Richmond, 123
5. Penn v Cornell, 119
6. Brown v Yale, 117
7. Dartmouth v Harvard, 116
8. Montana State v Montana, 112
9. Harvard v Brown, 112
10. North Dakota State v North Dakota, 110
11. South Dakota State v South Dakota, 108
12. Princeton v Harvard, 105
13. Penn v Princeton, 104
14. New Hampshire v Maine, 102
15. Illinois State v Eastern Illinois, 101
16. Cornell v Columbia, 100
17. North Dakota State v South Dakota State, 100


As far as I know, the ones above in bold are the only ones in which the game is not currently being played every year (regardless if the teams are in the same conference).

Granted, only NDSU v UND and ILSt v EIU have the teams not in the same conference.


I don't care. Write a law. FORCE it to happen.

It's the two flagship universities of the state of North Dakota!! ND lawmakers must take a stand!


Gene Taylor's only failure as an athletic director is that he won't work with UND to get the game done. His pay should be docked and the amount put in escrow until he makes it happen. Same for UND's AD.

There, how's that for a law!! There's some incentive.

[Gil Dobie]

Gene Taylor's only failure as an athletic director is that he won't work with UND to get the game done. His pay should be docked and the amount put in escrow until he makes it happen. Same for UND's AD.

It takes 2 to tango. There has to be a fair middle ground as far as schedule and money involved, to have this game, not an advantage to UND. Sounds like UND isn't working with NDSU either.

[darell1976]

It takes 2 to tango. There has to be a fair middle ground as far as schedule and money involved, to have this game, not an advantage to UND. Sounds like UND isn't working with NDSU either.

Last report (May 2012) Brian Faison was sending GT a contract for a game (most likely the 2015 season) then a possible 2017 return game in Grand Forks. I think Faison knows a yearly game isn't going to happen so GT has won that (as he didn't want to play UND every year) so why hasn't GT come out and say sure we will play you in 2015 in Fargo and 2017 in GF and see where it goes from there.

http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/13745/


(AP) — The athletic directors for the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State have been talking about resuming the schools' football rivalry in three years, but more work needs to be done before the Fighting Sioux and Bison can meet again on the gridiron.The schools have tentative game dates in Fargo in 2015 and in Grand Forks in 2017, UND athletic director Brian Faison said."Until contracts are signed, it's still tentative," he told the Grand Forks Herald. "We'll be sending (NDSU) contract drafts ... the first of next week."


NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor said no details have been worked out, and both university presidents likely will need to weigh in."Everyone is assuming (the rivalry) is renewed right now," he told The Forum. "It's not. I have to get together with Brian. I've said we have to get together and get things hammered out. There's still a lot of discussion yet."

So this discussion is now going on 14 months?? So if GT schedules a DII team in 2015 instead of UND we will know this rivalry will be retired until GT leaves NDSU as his grudge against UND will continue to interfere with the rivalry.

[MarkyMark]

Last report (May 2012) Brian Faison was sending GT a contract for a game (most likely the 2015 season) then a possible 2017 return game in Grand Forks. I think Faison knows a yearly game isn't going to happen so GT has won that (as he didn't want to play UND every year) so why hasn't GT come out and say sure we will play you in 2015 in Fargo and 2017 in GF and see where it goes from there.

http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/13745/



So this discussion is now going on 14 months?? So if GT schedules a DII team in 2015 instead of UND we will know this rivalry will be retired until GT leaves NDSU as his grudge against UND will continue to interfere with the rivalry.

Still plenty of time to get this on the schedule for 2015. We finally got 2013 schedule finalized!

[darell1976]

Still plenty of time to get this on the schedule for 2015. We finally got 2013 schedule finalized!

UND has 10 games on the slate in 2015..time is ticking.

[MarkyMark]

UND has 10 games on the slate in 2015..time is ticking.

I know, UND pretty much has their non-conference set through 2020 but since they haven't completed 2015 and 2017 I am thinking it will be filled with games against NDSU. I am guessing their won't be any more leaks until its officially announced.

[darell1976]

I know, UND pretty much has their non-conference set through 2020 but since they haven't completed 2015 and 2017 I am thinking it will be filled with games against NDSU. I am guessing their won't be any more leaks until its officially announced.

I hope it's against NDSU but if UND announces another FCS team I won't hold it against them in not waiting for the bison to agree to a game.

[BisonFan02]

As far as I know, the ones above in bold are the only ones in which the game is not currently being played every year (regardless if the teams are in the same conference).

Granted, only NDSU v UND and ILSt v EIU have the teams not in the same conference.


I don't care. Write a law. FORCE it to happen.

It's the two flagship universities of the state of North Dakota!! ND lawmakers must take a stand!


Gene Taylor's only failure as an athletic director is that he won't work with UND to get the game done. His pay should be docked and the amount put in escrow until he makes it happen. Same for UND's AD.

There, how's that for a law!! There's some incentive.

You mean to tell me that teams that play each other every year (in most cases, within the same conference) have played the largest amount of games against each other? Thanks Madden. Also, it took a conference change to get USD and SDSU to play each other every year....the same would have to happen for UND and NDSU.

[PaladinNation]

FURMAN

1) Citadel 91
2) Wofford 85
3) Clemson 55
4) PC 53
5) Davidson 54
6) South Carolina 48
7) APP 42
8) Chatty 41
9) WCU 39
10) VMI 31

[Bisonator]

UND has 10 games on the slate in 2015..time is ticking.

I think UND should go ahead and schedule Alabama in 2015 and Ohio State in 2017. They obviously need the money with their latest announcements.

[Bogus Megapardus]

The FCS Century Club (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. Lehigh v Lafayette, 148


It's a minor point to those outside the PL, but very important to us. So I will correct you - it's always Lafayette vs. Lehigh, never Lehigh vs. Lafayette. The older, more prestigious school, the one that has won more games in the series, and the one that has three national football championships (vs. zero for those Pathological Pantystains), comes first.

The Patriot League itself recognizes and approves of this order and nomenclature:


http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4306/kqh.png


That is all. xcoolx

[ngineer]

It's a minor point to those outside the PL, but very important to us. So I will correct you - it's always Lafayette vs. Lehigh, never Lehigh vs. Lafayette. The older, more prestigious school, the one that has won more games in the series, and the one that has three national football championships (vs. zero for those Pathological Pantystains), comes first.

The Patriot League itself recognizes and approves of this order and nomenclature:


http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4306/kqh.png


That is all. xcoolx

Hmmm. The school that 'prides' itself on some mythical opinion poll composed in a smoke filled bourbon induced haze versus the school that has actually WON a national championship on the field of battle. Prestige is in the mind of the beholder. Laughyette, legends in their own minds.

[Bogus Megapardus]

The school that has actually WON a national championship on the field of battle.

Might you be referring to an ersatz, debatable "championship" game thirty-five years ago that your Putrid Pantyliners won over some minor directional state school during the three years that your abysmal football program was downgraded to Division II status? I think not. It doesn't count and you know it. The OP specifically called for Division I games. Don't even go there. You ought to know better.

For shame. Typical Lehigh condescendence.

So I repeat - it's always Lafayette vs. Lehigh, never Lehigh vs. Lafayette. You know it as well as I.

We're done here.

[Lehigh'98]

Might you be referring to an ersatz, debatable "championship" game thirty-five years ago that your Putrid Pantyliners won over some minor directional state school during the three years that your abysmal football program was downgraded to Division II status? I think not. It doesn't count and you know it. The OP specifically called for Division I games. Don't even go there. You ought to know better.

For shame. Typical Lehigh condescendence.

So I repeat - it's always Lafayette vs. Lehigh, never Lehigh vs. Lafayette. You know it as well as I.

We're done here.

So Lehigh - Lafayette will be 149 this year. Then Lehigh - Lafayette will be 150 at Yankee Stadium in 2014. That Lehigh - Lafayette game will count as a home game for Lafayette. Lehigh will dominate and soon take over the win total in the Lehigh - Lafayette series as Lehigh has dominated the Lehigh - Lafayette series since WWII. Lehigh is also 14-5 in the last 19 in the most played rivalry Lehigh vs >>> Lafayette.

[Bogus Megapardus]

So Lehigh - Lafayette will be 149 this year. Then Lehigh - Lafayette will be 150 at Yankee Stadium in 2014. That Lehigh - Lafayette game will count as a home game for Lafayette. Lehigh will dominate and soon take over the win total in the Lehigh - Lafayette series as Lehigh has dominated the Lehigh - Lafayette series since WWII. Lehigh is also 14-5 in the last 19 in the most played rivalry Lehigh vs >>> Lafayette.

Lehigh's brief and fleeting gridiron success - if you want to call it that - is but a blip in the radar screen. The "university" that was founded by a guy who purloined a bunch of cash after he couldn't get into Lafayette will never achieve a winning record in the noblest of all football rivalries.

And I mean never.

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

[BisonFan02]

So Lehigh - Lafayette will be 149 this year. Then Lehigh - Lafayette will be 150 at Yankee Stadium in 2014. That Lehigh - Lafayette game will count as a home game for Lafayette. Lehigh will dominate and soon take over the win total in the Lehigh - Lafayette series as Lehigh has dominated the Lehigh - Lafayette series since WWII. Lehigh is also 14-5 in the last 19 in the most played rivalry Lehigh vs >>> Lafayette.


Lehigh's brief and fleeting gridiron success - if you want to call it that - is but a blip in the radar screen. The "university" that was founded by a guy who purloined a bunch of cash after he couldn't get into Lafayette will never achieve a winning record in the noblest of all football rivalries.

And I mean never.

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

http://www.katetattersall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pistol-duel.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

http://sacredcalf.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/snipshot_monty.jpg

[skinny_uncle]

For SIU:


SEMO 79
Ill State 75
EIU 67
WIU 58
Indiana State 50
NIU 43
Arkansas St. 38
Missouri St. 35
Northern Iowa 31

[UNIFanSince1983]

For SIU:


SEMO 79
Ill State 75
EIU 67
WIU 58
Indiana State 50
NIU 43
Arkansas St. 38
Missouri St. 35
Northern Iowa 31

At first I thought you were throwing a dig with the whole NIU, but then read further down :)

[bisonnation]

NDSU vs:

UND - 110
SDSU - 100
USD - 78
UNI - 45
Montana State - 34
UNC - 30

And people still call the rivalry with sdsu and usd "contrieved"
Weve been playing them since the late 1800s. We even played usd in the championship game

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

For New Hampshire (with the usual math and media guide caveats):

1. Maine 100 (figures than Maine and UNH don't agree on the number of games played!)
2. Rhode Island 87
3. Massachusetts 74
4. Connecticut 71
5. Northeastern 56
6. Vermont 42
7. Boston Univ. 38
8. Dartmouth 37
9. Delaware 31
10. Villanova 22

If not limited to D-I: Springfield (51, last 1979), Tufts (32, last 1951), Bates (29, last 1941), Colby (28, last 1967)

Other CAA: Richmond (21), William & Mary (16), James Madison (15), Towson (9), Albany (1), Stony Brook (1), Elon (0)

Patriot: Holy Cross (13), Lehigh (13), Lafayette (6), Colgate (5), Bucknell (4), Fordham (0)

Other than Dartmouth, UNH hasn't played another Ivy since 1939!!! Brown (7), Cornell (1), Harvard (7), Yale (1) and the rest (0).

Current FCS Schools:

1. Maine 100
2. Rhode Island 87
3. Dartmouth 37
4. Delaware 31
5. Villanova 22
6. Richmond 21
7. William & Mary 16
8. James Madison 15
9. Holy Cross 13 (despite being less than 100 miles apart! xsmhx)
9. Lehigh 13 (will pass HC this season)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

And people still call the rivalry with sdsu and usd "contrieved"
Weve been playing them since the late 1800s. We even played usd in the championship game

When two teams play one another 90 times and it's not considered a rivalry, it's probably contrived.

[Bisonoline]

And people still call the rivalry with sdsu and usd "contrieved"
Weve been playing them since the late 1800s. We even played usd in the championship game

The game with SDSU was just another game for YEARS. It was usually a game of no importance. When the game with UND was stopped they decided they needed a rival so they manufactured a rivaly and made a trophy to prove it was a rivalry. So yes it was contrived.
Just because you play some one for a very long time doesnt mean they are a rival. We played Augustana and Morningside for how many years and there was no rivalry there.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

The game with SDSU was just another game for YEARS. It was usually a game of no importance. When the game with UND was stopped they decided they needed a rival so they manufactured a rivaly and made a trophy to prove it was a rivalry. So yes it was contrived.
Just because you play some one for a very long time doesnt mean they are a rival. We played Augustana and Morningside for how many years and there was no rivalry there.

HAH! I was just thinking about Morningside. That about sums it up. SDSU and UNI - not really rivals. U of M - most definitely not a rival.

[bjtheflamesfan]

The game with SDSU was just another game for YEARS. It was usually a game of no importance. When the game with UND was stopped they decided they needed a rival so they manufactured a rivaly and made a trophy to prove it was a rivalry. So yes it was contrived.
Just because you play some one for a very long time doesnt mean they are a rival. We played Augustana and Morningside for how many years and there was no rivalry there.

That is how things with Coastal started out for us. Course with the teams splitting the 10 meetings right down the middle and both of them being in the top 2-3 of the Big South every year it has become quite the game to watch for on the schedule. Would be interesting to see if more CCU fans come up this year too

[813Jag]

That is how things with Coastal started out for us. Course with the teams splitting the 10 meetings right down the middle and both of them being in the top 2-3 of the Big South every year it has become quite the game to watch for on the schedule. Would be interesting to see if more CCU fans come up this year too
I think a lot of people have games like that, in the FBS Arkansas/LSU comes to mind. LSU fans to view the Hogs as a rival at all and they hate the Golden Boot. It seemed like a rivalry was being built up between Southern and Alabama A&M, they've had some good games. but the schools are too far apart and don't have the history to really be rivals.

[bison137]

Bucknell:

1 Lafayette 90
2 Lehigh 76
3 Colgate 61
4 Cornell 52
5 Temple 44
6 Penn State 38
7 Delaware 34
8 Penn 34
9 Holy Cross 29
10 Fordham 28

11T Georgetown 25
11T Villanova 25


Also: Gettysburg 64

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Bucknell:

1 Lafayette 90
2 Lehigh 76
3 Colgate 61
4 Cornell 52
5 Temple 44
6 Penn State 38
7 Delaware 34
8 Penn 34
9 Holy Cross 29
10 Fordham 28

11T Georgetown 25
11T Villanova 25


Also: Gettysburg 64

It's amazing how the majority of Temple's most played foes are FCS teams. If we didn't move our games to the Vet we may very well be in the CAA.

The demolition of Temple Stadium was both a blessing and a curse for our football program. Tearing it down pretty much forced our hand.

http://www.electro-mech.com/team-sports/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pic_Temple.jpg

[DFW HOYA]

The demolition of Temple Stadium was both a blessing and a curse for our football program. Tearing it down pretty much forced our hand.

It was cheaper in the short run to pay the rent at the Vet, but the long term losses in program support are apparent to this day. Nearly every major school which abandoned a previous stadium in the 1970's and 1980's to play at a pro facility (Tulane, SMU, Houston, Minnesota) regretted it. And what do those schools listed have in common? They all went (or are going back) to campus facilities.

Miami and Pitt are more recent examples, and at some point it will be an issue there, too.

[grayghost06]

"If you build it, they will come"17852
Resurrect the old stadium proposal!... On campus Memorial Stadium drawing for Georgetown University, circa 1925.

[skinny_uncle]

At first I thought you were throwing a dig with the whole NIU, but then read further down :)

I'm aware of who is who.

[mvemjsunpx]

Montana

1. Montana St. - 112
2. Idaho (FBS) - 84
3. Idaho St. - 55
4. Weber St. - 52
5. NAU - 46
6t. EWU - 39
6t. Portland St. - 39
8t. Washington St. (FBS) - 34
8t. Utah St. (FBS) - 34
10. Boise St. (FBS) - 25
11. Gonzaga (NF) - 24
12. North Dakota - 20

[Go...gate]

Here is Colgate

Cornell (NY) 94
Holy Cross (MA) 75
Syracuse (NY) 66
Bucknell (PA) 61
Brown (RI) 56
Lafayette (PA) 56
Princeton (NJ) 52
Lehigh (PA) 51
Rutgers (NJ) 42
Yale (CT) 39
Army (NY) 29
Rochester (NY) 29
Columbia (NY) 26
Dartmouth (NH) 25
Fordham (NY) 24
Boston (MA) 23
St. Lawrence (NY) 20
Hamilton (NY) 19
Hobart (NY) 17

Not a bad group of frequent opponents.

[Skyhawk71]

1. Austin Peay 60
2. Murray State 51
3. Tennessee Tech 36
4. Jacksonville State 33
5. SEMO 27
OOC:
1. UCA 12
2. MTSU/Samford 10
3. Arkansas State 8
4. Memphis 6
5. SIU/Southeast Louisiana 5