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Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	1962	1973	3	3	0	0	1.000	55	29	26	18.3	9.7	8.7
2	Akron	1999	2017	6	6	0	0	1.000	256	60	196	42.7	10.0	32.7
3	Alabama	1959	2011	15	5	10	0	.333	188	254	-66	12.5	16.9	-4.4
4	Appalachian State	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	38	7	45.0	38.0	7.0
5	Arizona	1999	1999	1	1	0	0	1.000	41	7	34	41.0	7.0	34.0
6	Arizona State	1977	1977	1	1	0	0	1.000	42	30	12	42.0	30.0	12.0
7	Arkansas	2021	2021	1	0	1	0	.000	10	24	-14	10.0	24.0	-14.0
8	Army	1899	2015	26	14	10	2	.577	470	356	114	18.1	13.7	4.4
9	Auburn	1995	2022	4	3	1	0	.750	121	59	62	30.3	14.8	15.5
10	Ball State	2021	2021	1	1	0	0	1.000	44	13	31	44.0	13.0	31.0
11	Baylor	1974	1974	1	1	0	0	1.000	41	20	21	41.0	20.0	21.0
12	Boston College	1949	2014	24	20	4	0	.833	684	423	261	28.5	17.6	10.9
13	Boston University	1951	1961	8	8	0	0	1.000	257	66	191	32.1	8.3	23.9
14	Bowling Green State	1987	1998	2	2	0	0	1.000	93	22	71	46.5	11.0	35.5
15	Brigham Young	1989	1992	3	2	1	0	.667	100	76	24	33.3	25.3	8.0
16	Bucknell	1889	1946	22	15	7	0	.682	426	131	295	19.4	6.0	13.4
17	Buffalo	2007	2019	3	3	0	0	1.000	117	51	66	39.0	17.0	22.0
18	California	1961	1966	4	3	1	0	.750	106	73	33	26.5	18.3	8.3
19	Carlisle	1896	1909	6	1	4	1	.250	27	97	-70	4.5	16.2	-11.7
20	Carnegie Mellon	1910	1924	3	3	0	0	1.000	93	7	86	31.0	2.3	28.7
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Central Florida	2002	2014	4	3	1	0	.750	121	95	26	30.3	23.8	6.5
22	Central Michigan	2005	2022	2	2	0	0	1.000	73	17	56	36.5	8.5	28.0
23	Cincinnati	1981	2005	9	8	1	0	.889	332	94	238	36.9	10.4	26.4
24	Clemson	1987	1987	1	0	1	0	.000	10	35	-25	10.0	35.0	-25.0
25	Colgate	1911	1980	14	9	4	1	.679	266	181	85	19.0	12.9	6.1
26	Colorado	1969	1970	2	1	1	0	.500	40	44	-4	20.0	22.0	-2.0
27	Columbia	1933	1934	2	0	2	0	.000	7	47	-40	3.5	23.5	-20.0
28	Cornell	1897	1943	12	4	7	1	.375	98	187	-89	8.2	15.6	-7.4
29	Dartmouth	1917	1920	3	1	2	0	.333	34	36	-2	11.3	12.0	-0.7
30	Dickinson	1896	1907	12	9	3	0	.750	167	30	137	13.9	2.5	11.4
31	East Carolina	1985	1986	2	2	0	0	1.000	59	27	32	29.5	13.5	16.0
32	Eastern Michigan	1992	2013	3	3	0	0	1.000	131	20	111	43.7	6.7	37.0
33	Florida	1962	2010	3	0	3	0	.000	37	75	-38	12.3	25.0	-12.7
34	Florida International	2007	2007	1	1	0	0	1.000	59	0	59	59.0	0.0	59.0
35	Florida State	1967	2005	3	1	1	1	.500	60	64	-4	20.0	21.3	-1.3
36	Fordham	1946	1953	3	3	0	0	1.000	171	21	150	57.0	7.0	50.0
37	Franklin & Marshall	1891	1891	1	1	0	0	1.000	26	6	20	26.0	6.0	20.0
38	Furman	1958	1958	1	1	0	0	1.000	36	0	36	36.0	0.0	36.0
39	Georgetown	1950	1950	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	14	20	34.0	14.0	20.0
40	Georgia	1982	2015	2	1	1	0	.500	44	47	-3	22.0	23.5	-1.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Georgia State	2017	2017	1	1	0	0	1.000	56	0	56	56.0	0.0	56.0
42	Georgia Tech	1921	1991	7	4	3	0	.571	119	96	23	17.0	13.7	3.3
43	Harvard	1913	1932	5	0	3	2	.200	47	122	-75	9.4	24.4	-15.0
44	Haverford	1891	1891	1	1	0	0	1.000	58	0	58	58.0	0.0	58.0
45	Holy Cross	1954	1963	9	9	0	0	1.000	317	73	244	35.2	8.1	27.1
46	Houston	1964	2011	3	2	1	0	.667	69	51	18	23.0	17.0	6.0
47	Illinois	1954	2023	27	21	6	0	.778	804	419	385	29.8	15.5	14.3
48	Indiana	1993	2022	26	24	2	0	.923	928	541	387	35.7	20.8	14.9
49	Iowa	1930	2023	32	18	14	0	.563	775	553	222	24.2	17.3	6.9
50	Kansas	1968	1968	1	1	0	0	1.000	15	14	1	15.0	14.0	1.0
51	Kansas State	1968	1969	2	2	0	0	1.000	42	23	19	21.0	11.5	9.5
52	Kent State	1965	2018	6	6	0	0	1.000	207	39	168	34.5	6.5	28.0
53	Kentucky	1975	2018	6	3	3	0	.500	116	90	26	19.3	15.0	4.3
54	Lafayette	1889	1927	8	6	2	0	.750	149	63	86	18.6	7.9	10.8
55	Lehigh	1889	1921	11	6	4	1	.591	126	193	-67	11.5	17.5	-6.1
56	Louisiana State	1973	2009	2	2	0	0	1.000	35	26	9	17.5	13.0	4.5
57	Louisiana Tech	2000	2002	2	2	0	0	1.000	116	24	92	58.0	12.0	46.0
58	Louisville	1996	1997	2	2	0	0	1.000	81	28	53	40.5	14.0	26.5
59	Marquette	1957	1958	2	2	0	0	1.000	60	15	45	30.0	7.5	22.5
60	Maryland	1917	2022	46	42	3	1	.924	1483	531	952	32.2	11.5	20.7
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Massachusetts	2014	2014	1	1	0	0	1.000	48	7	41	48.0	7.0	41.0
62	Memphis	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	53	39	14	53.0	39.0	14.0
63	Miami (FL)	1961	2001	13	7	6	0	.538	250	218	32	19.2	16.8	2.5
64	Michigan	1993	2022	26	10	16	0	.385	556	657	-101	21.4	25.3	-3.9
65	Michigan State	1925	2022	36	18	17	1	.514	950	933	17	26.4	25.9	0.5
66	Minnesota	1993	2022	16	10	6	0	.625	432	300	132	27.0	18.8	8.3
67	Missouri	1959	1980	4	3	1	0	.750	66	53	13	16.5	13.3	3.3
68	Navy	1897	2012	37	19	17	1	.527	566	426	140	15.3	11.5	3.8
69	Nebraska	1920	2020	18	8	10	0	.444	347	373	-26	19.3	20.7	-1.4
70	New York University	1927	1941	4	2	1	1	.625	80	20	60	20.0	5.0	15.0
71	North Carolina	1943	1943	1	0	1	0	.000	0	19	-19	0.0	19.0	-19.0
72	North Carolina State	1920	1982	19	17	2	0	.895	518	192	326	27.3	10.1	17.2
73	Northern Illinois	1996	1996	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	0	49	49.0	0.0	49.0
74	Northwestern	1993	2023	21	16	5	0	.762	629	372	257	30.0	17.7	12.2
75	Notre Dame	1913	2007	19	9	9	1	.500	335	382	-47	17.6	20.1	-2.5
76	Ohio	1967	2022	7	6	1	0	.857	253	99	154	36.1	14.1	22.0
77	Ohio State	1956	2022	37	13	24	0	.351	696	911	-215	18.8	24.6	-5.8
78	Oklahoma	1972	1985	2	0	2	0	.000	10	39	-29	5.0	19.5	-14.5
79	Oregon	1960	1994	4	3	1	0	.750	110	61	49	27.5	15.3	12.3
80	Oregon State	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	14	31	45.0	14.0	31.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Pennsylvania	1896	1958	43	18	21	4	.465	413	488	-75	9.6	11.3	-1.7
82	Pittsburgh	1905	2019	93	47	42	4	.527	1532	1316	216	16.5	14.2	2.3
83	Princeton	1896	1900	5	0	5	0	.000	0	116	-116	0.0	23.2	-23.2
84	Purdue	1951	2022	20	16	3	1	.825	555	358	197	27.8	17.9	9.9
85	Rice	1962	1963	2	2	0	0	1.000	46	14	32	23.0	7.0	16.0
86	Rutgers	1918	2022	33	31	2	0	.939	1014	400	614	30.7	12.1	18.6
87	San Diego State	2015	2015	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	21	16	37.0	21.0	16.0
88	Sewanee	1932	1932	1	1	0	0	1.000	18	6	12	18.0	6.0	12.0
89	South Carolina	1940	1941	2	2	0	0	1.000	31	12	19	15.5	6.0	9.5
90	South Florida	2005	2005	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	13	10	23.0	13.0	10.0
91	Southern California	1922	2016	10	4	6	0	.400	214	224	-10	21.4	22.4	-1.0
92	Southern Methodist	1947	1978	2	1	0	1	.750	39	34	5	19.5	17.0	2.5
93	Southern Mississippi	1998	2001	2	2	0	0	1.000	72	26	46	36.0	13.0	23.0
94	Stanford	1973	1992	5	4	1	0	.800	96	76	20	19.2	15.2	4.0
95	Swarthmore	1889	1889	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	6	14	20.0	6.0	14.0
96	Syracuse	1922	2013	71	43	23	5	.641	1367	836	531	19.3	11.8	7.5
97	TCU	1953	1978	4	3	1	0	.750	158	55	103	39.5	13.8	25.8
98	Temple	1931	2016	45	40	4	1	.900	1304	444	860	29.0	9.9	19.1
99	Tennessee	1971	2006	5	3	2	0	.600	125	99	26	25.0	19.8	5.2
100	Texas	1971	1996	5	3	2	0	.600	100	78	22	20.0	15.6	4.4
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
101	Texas A&M	1979	2007	4	3	1	0	.750	87	53	34	21.8	13.3	8.5
102	Texas Tech	1995	1995	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	23	1	24.0	23.0	1.0
103	Toledo	2000	2000	1	0	1	0	.000	6	24	-18	6.0	24.0	-18.0
104	Tulane	1979	1979	1	1	0	0	1.000	9	6	3	9.0	6.0	3.0
105	UCLA	1963	1968	6	2	4	0	.333	100	131	-31	16.7	21.8	-5.2
106	Utah	2022	2022	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	21	14	35.0	21.0	14.0
107	Utah State	1977	1977	1	1	0	0	1.000	16	7	9	16.0	7.0	9.0
108	Vanderbilt	1957	1957	1	0	1	0	.000	20	32	-12	20.0	32.0	-12.0
109	Villanova	1905	1951	8	4	3	1	.563	165	73	92	20.6	9.1	11.5
110	Virginia	1954	2012	7	4	3	0	.571	173	93	80	24.7	13.3	11.4
111	Virginia Military Institute	1959	1959	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	0	21	21.0	0.0	21.0
112	Wake Forest	1974	1974	1	1	0	0	1.000	55	0	55	55.0	0.0	55.0
113	Washington	1921	2017	3	3	0	0	1.000	69	45	24	23.0	15.0	8.0
114	Washington & Jefferson	1912	1917	3	1	2	0	.333	30	24	6	10.0	8.0	2.0
115	Washington State	1947	1948	2	2	0	0	1.000	34	6	28	17.0	3.0	14.0
116	West Virginia	1909	2023	56	45	9	2	.821	1525	689	836	27.2	12.3	14.9
117	West Virginia Wesleyan	1915	1916	2	2	0	0	1.000	67	0	67	33.5	0.0	33.5
118	William & Mary	1922	1957	3	3	0	0	1.000	83	43	40	27.7	14.3	13.3
119	Wisconsin	1953	2021	20	11	9	0	.550	414	397	17	20.7	19.9	0.9
120	Yale	1899	1906	7	0	7	0	.000	0	148	-148	0.0	21.1	-21.1

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