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Williams

FBSI · 1889 Season · Final

Struggling −
Record
4–5–1
0.450 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
21
1886–1906
All-Time Record
108–89–14
0.545 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#4
1886, 1890, 1891
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 4 · Top 10: 5 · Top 25: 13
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 1 seasons
  • Pioneer Era · 20 seasons · 5 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Williams head-to-head · History & Eras

1889 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
7Week 7 · Oct 8Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI16–1L 0–36
7Week 7 · Oct 8Amherst (AMHERST)H2HIND FBSI3–5–2T 10–10
8Week 8 · Oct 15UNION (NEW YORK)Unranked—W 130–0
9Week 9 · Oct 22Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND FBSI9–2L 0–41
9Week 9 · Oct 22VERMONTUnranked—W 44–0
11Week 11 · Nov 5Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)H2HIND FBSI5–7–1L 17–20
12Week 12 · Nov 12Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND FBSI7–1L 9–20
13Week 13 · Nov 19Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI16–1L 0–70
13Week 13 · Nov 19VERMONTUnranked—W 30–0
14Week 14 · Nov 26M.i.t. (M.I.T.)H2HIND FBSI3–3W 18–6

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
3.486
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-9
-12+3
  • M.i.t. +3
  • Amherst 0
  • Yale -1
  • Dartmouth -1
  • Yale -1
  • Harvard -2
  • Wesleyan -7

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #11Better than 93%
Win % Place 13thBetter than 91%

0.450 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#10W11#10W12#11W13#12W14#11Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-36
0
+130
-41
+44
-3
-11
-70
+30
+12

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#41886#71887#51888

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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