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Football Ranked Opponents
Football Ranked Opponents by Date
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Football Ranked Opponents by Rank
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| Rank | Opponent | Date and Result |
|
12 |
Dartmouth | 1936 - T, 13-13 |
| 6 | Yale | 1937 - L, 26-0 |
| 9 | Dartmouth | 1937 - L, 33-9 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 1939 - W, 9-7 |
| 9 | Penn | 1940 - L, 46-28 |
| 11 | Penn | 1941 - L, 23-0 |
|
12 |
Navy | 1941 - L, 23-0 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 1941 - L, 46-7 |
| 8 | Penn | 1942 - T, 6-6 |
| 20 | Dartmouth | 1943 - L, 42-13 |
| 3 | Penn | 1946 - W, 17-14 |
| 7 | Penn | 1946 - L, 28-0 |
|
18 |
Yale | 1946 - L, 30-2 |
| 4 | Penn | 1947 - L, 26-7 |
| 12 | Penn | 1948 - L, 29-7 |
| 8 | Cornell | 1949 - L, 14-12 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 1949 - W, 14-9 |
| 20 | Penn | 1949 - L, 14-13 |
|
10 |
Cornell | 1950 - W, 27-0 |
| 12 | Cornell | 1951 - W, 53-15 |
| 14 | Navy | 1953, L, 65-7 |
| 18 | Yale | 1960 - L, 43-22 |
| 1 | Delaware | 1981 - L, 61-8 |
| 14 | Penn | 1982 - W, 17-14 |
|
20 |
Colgate | 1985 - L, 49-44 |
| 8 | Penn | 1986 - L, 23-10 |
| 8 | William & Mary | 1986 - L, 32-14 |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 1989 - L, 46-0 |
| 15 | Yale | 1989 - L, 14-7 |
| 15 | William & Mary | 1989 - T, 31-31 |
|
17 |
Dartmouth | 1990 - L, 23-6 |
| 21 | Penn | 1993 - L, 30-14 |
| 14 | Penn | 1994 - L, 33-19 |
| 18 | Dartmouth | 1996 - L, 24-0Â |
| 24 | Columbia | 1996 - W, 14-11 |
| 21 | Lehigh | 2000 - L, 20-18Â |
|
10 |
Lehigh | 2001 - L, 34-10 |
| 3 | Lehigh | 2002 - L, 31-24 |
| 21 | Penn | 2002 - L, 44-13 |
| 9 | Penn | 2003 - L, 37-7 |
| 17 | Colgate | 2003 - L, 30-3 |
| 20 | Lehigh | 2003 - L, 28-13 |
|
20 |
Harvard | 2003 - L, 43-40 |
| 20 | Colgate | 2004 - L, 29-26 |
| 20 | Penn | 2004 - L, 16-15 |
| 22 | Harvard | 2004 - L, 39-14 |
| 15 | Harvard | Oct. 21, 2006 W, 31-28 | Box |
| 22 | Lafayette | Sept. 22, 2007 W, 20-14 | Box |
|
12 |
Yale | Nov. 10, 2007 L, 27-6 | Box |
| 21 | Citadel | Sept. 20, 2008 L, 37-24 | Box |
| 23 | Colgate | Oct. 8, 2009Â L, 21-14 (OT) | Box |
| 18 | Penn | Nov. 6, 2010 L, 52-10 | Box |
| 16 | Lehigh | Sept. 18, 2011 L, 34-22 | Box |
| 13 | Lehigh | Sept. 15, 2012 L, 17-14 | Box |
| 22 | Harvard | Oct. 20, 2012 W, 39-34 | Box |
| 22 | Lehigh | Sept. 21, 2013 L, 29-28 | Box |
| 23 | Harvard | Oct. 26, 2013 W, 51-48 (3OT) | Box |
| 21 | Harvard | Oct. 25, 2014 L, 49-7 | Box |
| 15 | Harvard | Oct. 24, 2015 L, 42-7 | Box |
| 21 | Dartmouth | Nov. 21, 2015 L, 17-10 | Box |
| 23 | Harvard | Oct. 22, 2016 L, 23-20 (OT)Â | Box |
| 20 | Dartmouth | Nov. 3, 2018 W, 14-9 | Box |
| 13 | Dartmouth | Nov. 9, 2019 L, 27-10Â | Box |
| 25 | Monmouth | Oct. 9, 2021 W, 31-28 | Box |
| 16 | Harvard | Oct. 23, 2021 W, 18-16 (5OT) | Box |
| 17 | Harvard | Oct. 21, 2023 W, 21-14 | Box |
| 7 | Mercer | Oct. 12, 2024 L, 34-7 | Box |
Football Ranked Opponents by Rank
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| Rank | Opponent | Date and Result |
|
1 |
Delaware | 1981 - L, 61-8 |
| 3 | Lehigh | 2002 - L, 31-24 |
| 3 | Penn | 1946 - W, 17-14 |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 1989 - L, 46-0 |
| 4 | Penn | 1947 - L, 26-7Â |
| 6 | Yale | 1937 - L, 26-0 |
|
7 |
Penn | 1946 - L, 28-0 |
| 7 | Mercer | Oct. 12, 2024 L, 34-7 | Box |
| 8 | Penn | 1986 - L, 23-10 |
| 8 | William & Mary | 1986 - L, 32-14 |
| 8 | Cornell | 1949 - L, 14-12 |
| 8 | Penn | 1942 - T, 6-6 |
|
9 |
Penn | 2003, L, 37-7 |
| 9 | Penn | 1940 - L, 46-28 |
| 9 | Dartmouth | 1937 - L, 33-9 |
| 10 | Lehigh | 2001 - L, 34-10 |
| 10 | Cornell | 1950 - W, 27-0 |
| 11 | Penn | 1941 - L, 23-0 |
|
12 |
Yale | Nov. 10, 2007 L, 27-6 | Box |
| 12 | Cornell | 1951 - W, 53-15 |
| 12 | Penn | 1948 - L, 29-7 |
| 12 | Navy | 1941 - L, 23-0 |
| 12 | Dartmouth | 1936 - T, 13-13 |
| 13 | Dartmouth | Nov. 9, 2019 L, 27-10Â | Box |
|
13 |
Lehigh | Sept. 15, 2012 L, 17-14 | Box |
| 14 | Penn | 1994 - L, 33-19 |
| 14 | Penn | 1982 - W, 17-14 |
| 14 | Navy | 1953 - L, 65-7 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 1949 - W, 19-13 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 1939 - W, 9-7 |
|
15 |
Harvard | Oct. 24, 2015 L, 42-7 | Box |
| 15 | Harvard | Oct. 21, 2006 W, 31-28 | Box |
| 15 | Yale | 1989 - L, 14-7 |
| 15 | William & Mary | 1989 - T, 31-31 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 1941 - L, 46-7 |
| 16 | Harvard | Oct. 23, 2021 W, 18-16 (5OT) | Box |
|
16 |
Lehigh | Sept. 18, 2011 L, 34-22 | Box |
| 17 | Harvard | Oct. 21, 2023 W, 21-14 | Box |
| 17 | Colgate | 2003 - L, 30-3 |
| 17 | Dartmouth | 1990 - L, 23-6 |
| 18 | Penn | Nov. 6, 2010 L, 52-10 | Box |
| 18 | Dartmouth | 1996 - L, 24-0 |
|
18 |
Yale | 1960 - L, 43-22 |
| 18 | Yale | 1946 - L, 30-2 |
| 20 | Dartmouth | Nov. 3, 2018 W, 14-9 | Box |
| 20 | Penn | 2004 - L, 16-15 |
| 20 | Colgate | 2004 - L, 29-26 |
| 20 | Lehigh | 2003 - L, 28-13 |
|
20 |
Harvard | 2003 - L, 43-40 |
| 20 | Colgate | 1985 - L, 49-44 |
| 20 | Penn | 1949 - L, 14-13 |
| 20 | Dartmouth | 1943 - L, 42-13 |
| 21 | Dartmouth | Nov. 21, 2015 L, 17-10 | Box |
| 21 | Harvard | Oct. 25, 2014 L, 49-7 | Box |
| 21 | Citadel | Sept. 20, 2008 L, 37-24 | Box |
| 21 | Penn | 2002 - L, 44-13 |
| 21 | Penn | 1993 - L, 30-14 |
| 22 | Lehigh | Sept. 21, 2013 L, 29-28 | Box |
| 22 | Harvard | Oct. 20, 2012 W, 39-34 | Box |
| 22 | Lafayette | Sept. 22, 2007 W, 20-14 | Box |
| 22 | Harvard | 2004 - L, 39-14 |
| 21 | Dartmouth | Nov. 21, 2015 L, 17-10 | Box |
| 23 | Harvard | Oct. 22, 2016 L, 23-20 (OT)Â | Box |
| 23 | Harvard | Oct. 26, 2013 W, 51-48 (3OT) | Box |
| 23 | Colgate    | Oct. 8, 2009 L, 21-14 (OT) | Box |
| 24 | Columbia | 1996 - W, 14-11 |
| 25 | Monmouth | Oct. 9, 2021 W, 31-28 | Box |








