List of Harvard-Yale football games
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The football teams of Harvard and Yale have been meeting nearly annually since their first game on November 13, 1875. For an overview of these matches, see The Game.
Following is a table of dates, scores and venues of Harvard-Yale games. [1] [2] All games were played on Saturdays except those in 1883 and 1887 when the game was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
As of November 2007, 124 games have been played. Yale has 65 wins and Harvard has 51 wins. Eight games ended in ties.
[edit] Results
Harvard victories are shown in ██ crimson, Yale victories in ██ blue, and tie games in ██ light gray.
Game | Date | Winning Team | Score | Venue | Notes |
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1 | November 13, 1875 | Harvard | 4–0 | Hamilton Park, New Haven | [3] |
2 | November 18, 1876 | Yale | 1–0 | Hamilton Park, New Haven | |
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3 | November 23, 1878 | Yale | 1–0 | South End Grounds, Boston | |
4 | November 8, 1879 | Tie | 0–0 | Hamilton Park, New Haven | |
5 | November 20, 1880 | Yale | 1–0 | South End Grounds, Boston | |
6 | November 12, 1881 | Yale | 0–0 | Hamilton Park, New Haven | Yale was awarded victory on safeties [4] |
7 | November 25, 1882 | Yale | 1–0 | Holmes Field, Cambridge | |
8 | November 29, 1883 | Yale | 23–2 | Polo Grounds, New York | Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day |
9 | November 22, 1884 | Yale | 52–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
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10 | November 20, 1886 | Yale | 29–4 | Jarvis Field, Cambridge | |
11 | November 24, 1887 | Yale | 17–8 | Polo Grounds, New York | Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day |
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12 | November 23, 1889 | Yale | 6–0 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
13 | November 22, 1890 | Harvard | 12–6 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
14 | November 21, 1891 | Yale | 10–0 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
15 | November 19, 1892 | Yale | 6–0 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | Harvard introduced flying wedge formation |
16 | November 25, 1893 | Yale | 6–0 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
17 | November 24, 1894 | Yale | 12–4 | Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
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18 | November 13, 1897 | Tie | 0–0 | Soldiers Field, Cambridge | |
19 | November 19, 1898 | Harvard | 17–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
20 | November 18, 1899 | Tie | 0–0 | Soldiers Field, Cambridge | |
21 | November 24, 1900 | Yale | 28–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
22 | November 23, 1901 | Harvard | 22–0 | Soldiers Field, Cambridge | |
23 | November 22, 1902 | Yale | 23–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
24 | November 21, 1903 | Yale | 16–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
25 | November 19, 1904 | Yale | 12–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
26 | November 25, 1905 | Yale | 6–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
27 | November 24, 1906 | Yale | 6–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
28 | November 23, 1907 | Yale | 12–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
29 | November 21, 1908 | Harvard | 4–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
30 | November 20, 1909 | Yale | 8–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
31 | November 19, 1910 | Tie | 0–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
32 | November 25, 1911 | Tie | 0–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
33 | November 23, 1912 | Harvard | 20–0 | Yale Field, New Haven | |
34 | November 22, 1913 | Harvard | 15–5 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Electrical World article on The Game [6] |
35 | November 21, 1914 | Harvard | 15–5 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | Image of The Game [7] |
36 | November 20, 1915 | Harvard | 41–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
37 | November 25, 1916 | Yale | 3–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
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38 | November 22, 1919 | Harvard | 10–3 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
39 | November 20, 1920 | Harvard | 9–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | 80,000 fans attended [8] |
40 | November 19, 1921 | Harvard | 10–3 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
41 | November 25, 1922 | Harvard | 10–3 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
42 | November 24, 1923 | Yale | 13–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
43 | November 22, 1924 | Yale | 19–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
44 | November 21, 1925 | Tie | 0–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
45 | November 20, 1926 | Yale | 12–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
46 | November 19, 1927 | Yale | 14–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
47 | November 24, 1928 | Harvard | 17–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
48 | November 23, 1929 | Harvard | 10–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
49 | November 22, 1930 | Harvard | 13–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
50 | November 21, 1931 | Yale | 3–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
51 | November 19, 1932 | Yale | 19–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | Time Magazine article on The Game [9] |
52 | November 25, 1933 | Harvard | 19–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
53 | November 24, 1934 | Yale | 14–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
54 | November 23, 1935 | Yale | 14–7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | In 1935 Gerald Ford was an assistant coach for Yale [10] |
55 | November 21, 1936 | Yale | 14–13 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | Game featured 1936 Heisman winner Larry Kelley [11] |
56 | November 20, 1937 | Harvard | 13–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Game featured 1937 Heisman winner Clint Frank [12] |
57 | November 19, 1938 | Harvard | 7–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
58 | November 25, 1939 | Yale | 20–7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
59 | November 23, 1940 | Harvard | 28–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
60 | November 22, 1941 | Harvard | 14–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
61 | November 21, 1942 | Yale | 7–3 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
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62 | December 1, 1945 | Yale | 28–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
63 | November 23, 1946 | Yale | 27–14 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
64 | November 22, 1947 | Yale | 31–21 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
65 | November 20, 1948 | Harvard | 20–7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
66 | November 19, 1949 | Yale | 29–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
67 | November 25, 1950 | Yale | 14–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
68 | November 24, 1951 | Tie | 21–21 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
69 | November 22, 1952 | Yale | 41–14 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
70 | November 21, 1953 | Harvard | 13–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
71 | November 20, 1954 | Harvard | 13–9 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
72 | November 19, 1955 | Yale | 21–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | Ted Kennedy caught Harvard touchdown pass [13] |
73 | November 24, 1956 | Yale | 42–14 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
74 | November 23, 1957 | Yale | 54–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
75 | November 22, 1958 | Harvard | 28–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
76 | November 21, 1959 | Harvard | 35–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
77 | November 19, 1960 | Yale | 39–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
78 | November 25, 1961 | Harvard | 27–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
79 | November 24, 1962 | Harvard | 14–6 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
80 | November 30, 1963 | Yale | 20–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
81 | November 21, 1964 | Harvard | 18–14 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
82 | November 20, 1965 | Harvard | 23–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
83 | November 19, 1966 | Harvard | 17–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
84 | November 25, 1967 | Yale | 24–20 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
85 | November 23, 1968 | Tie | 29–29 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Recap of The Game [14] |
86 | November 22, 1969 | Yale | 7–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
87 | November 21, 1970 | Harvard | 14–12 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
88 | November 20, 1971 | Harvard | 35–16 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
89 | November 25, 1972 | Yale | 28–17 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
90 | November 24, 1973 | Yale | 35–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
91 | November 23, 1974 | Harvard | 21–16 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
92 | November 22, 1975 | Harvard | 30–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
93 | November 13, 1976 | Yale | 21–7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
94 | November 12, 1977 | Yale | 24–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
95 | November 18, 1978 | Yale | 35–28 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
96 | November 17, 1979 | Harvard | 22–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
97 | November 22, 1980 | Yale | 14–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
98 | November 21, 1981 | Yale | 28–0 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | Last nationally televised game [15] |
99 | November 20, 1982 | Harvard | 45-7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Harvard and Yale moved to NCAA Division I-AA |
100 | November 19, 1983 | Harvard | 16–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
101 | November 17, 1984 | Yale | 30–27 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
102 | November 23, 1985 | Yale | 17–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
103 | November 22, 1986 | Harvard | 24–17 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
104 | November 21, 1987 | Harvard | 14–10 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
105 | November 19, 1988 | Yale | 26–17 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
106 | November 18, 1989 | Harvard | 37–20 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
107 | November 17, 1990 | Yale | 34–19 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
108 | November 23, 1991 | Yale | 23–13 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
109 | November 21, 1992 | Harvard | 14–0 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
110 | November 20, 1993 | Yale | 33–31 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
111 | November 19, 1994 | Yale | 32–13 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
112 | November 18, 1995 | Harvard | 22–21 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
113 | November 23, 1996 | Harvard | 26–21 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
114 | November 22, 1997 | Harvard | 17–7 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
115 | November 21, 1998 | Yale | 9–7 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
116 | November 20, 1999 | Yale | 24–21 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
117 | November 18, 2000 | Yale | 34–24 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
118 | November 17, 2001 | Harvard | 35–23 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
119 | November 23, 2002 | Harvard | 30–13 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Images from The Game [16] |
120 | November 22, 2003 | Harvard | 37–19 | Yale Bowl, New Haven | 53,136 fans attended [17] |
121 | November 20, 2004 | Harvard | 35–3 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | Recap [18] Yale pulled prank |
122 | November 19, 2005 | Harvard | 30–24 (OT) | Yale Bowl, New Haven | |
123 | November 18, 2006 | Yale | 34–13 | Harvard Stadium, Cambridge | |
124 | November 17, 2007 | Harvard | 37–6 | Yale Bowl, New Haven |