Boston College at Harvard
Saturday, November 23, 1918 Share
Harvard beat Boston College 14–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 26°F
In the newspapers

The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 24, 1918, page 20
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South Field HARVARD Football Team Defeats Boston College Crimson Comes Through With Bigger End Of IA to Score in Roughest Game in Years on Soldiers Field-Conley Is Hero for the Victors. game Harvard gained 113 yards on forty plays, completing one forward pass for six yard gain. Boston College covered 142 yards In thirty-flve running plays. trying the for ward pass eighteen times and completing Ave passes for total OF ninety yards. which is included in the total distance covered. Conley. the Harvard quarter back, was tho star OF the gamo. He ran back kicks more than thirty yards sew eral times The lineup:
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Harvard 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Boston College–Harvard gameHarvard leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1944 | Harvard 13, Boston College 0 | |
| 1919 | Harvard 17, Boston College 0 | |
| 1918 | Harvard 14, Boston College 6 |
Around this game
Boston College
- Next gamevs. USS UtahSept. 27, 1919
- SeasonBoston College in 1918
- ProgramBoston College history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 28, 1918
- SeasonHarvard in 1918
- ProgramHarvard history and records

