Bates at Harvard

Saturday, September 27, 1919

Harvard beat Bates 53–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 17–⁠0.

AwayBates0–⁠1 in 1919
0
HomeHarvard9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1919
53

FinalHigh 64°F, low 36°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening journal's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Evening journal, Delaware, September 29, 1919, page 11

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS At Troy Williams, 20; Rensselaer,, 0. At Providence-Brown, ~; Rhode IS land State, o. At Amherst-Amherst 3; Bowdoin, O. At West Point-Army, “a; Middle bury. 0. AT Cambridge, Mass Harvard, 53 Bates, 0. Al New Brunswick, y. J.-Rutgers 81: Ursinus O. At Burlington, Vt.-Nermont, al .Clarkson, 2. AZ Morganiown, w. Va.-West Nir’ ginia, 6i Marietta, 0. At Durham, \. H-New Hampshire College, 10; Connecticut Agricultural College, 0. At Bloomington, Ind.-Indiana’ “a Wabash, 0. At Hanover-Dartmout 40; Spring field, 0. At Cleveland Case, 40; Baldwin Wallace, o.. At Ada, O.-ohio Northern, -; To ledo University, 2 AZ South Bethlethem-Lehigh, AZ Villa Nova. 0. At Akron, o.-Akron University, 28i Hiram, Q. At Alliance, o.-Mount Union, ei; Can ton High, 0. At oberlin, o.-oberlin, 20; Heidelberg. 0.

  • The South Bend news-times's story: EDDIE" CASEY HELPS HARVARD TO EASY WIN

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., September 28, 1919, page 10

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    EDDIE” CASEY HELPS HARVARD TO EASY WIN CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Sept. a. Harvard’s reconstruction football eleven drove eight times across the Bates goal line today i’m the first varsity game since the war, and with nve goals from touchdowns rolled 30 a score of 53 TO 0. The visitors we’re but once within goal shooting distance OF the Crimson posts In the first period Casey. the star backheIder OF the 1916 eleven was Embossed for open field running and made two dashes one Of 40 and the other OF so yards for scores. In The second and fourth periods the Crimson eleven made two marches OF 40 yards each down the field for scores. and four other touchdowns resulted from catching forward passes hurled by Bates and errors of the visitors under their own goal posts. score by periods: Harvard .....14 10 o 2o-53 bates .0 % o. o

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: Harvard Beats Bates With 5 to 0 Score

    Bisbee daily review, Arizona, September 28, 1919, page 1

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    Harvard Beats Bates With 5 to 0 Score CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Sept 27.- Harvard’s reconstructed football eleven drove eight times across the Bates goal line today in the first war sity” game in the stadium since the war, and with five goals from touch downs rolled up score of 53 to 0. The visitors were but once within goal shooting distance of the Crimson posts. In the first period Casey, the star back infielder of the 1916 eleven, was unsurpassed for open field running, and made two dashes, one of 40 and the other of 60 yards, for scores. In the second and fourth periods the Crimson eleven made two marches of 40 yards each down the field for scores, and four other touchdowns re- suited from catching forward passes hurled by Bates and errors of the visitors under their own goal posts.

  • The Arizona republican's story: CASEY STARS IN HARVARD VICTORY

    Arizona republican, Arizona, September 28, 1919, page 8

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    CASEY STARS IN HARVARD VICTORY CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 2Z.-Har wards reconstructed football eleven drove eight times across the Bates goal line today in the first varsity game in the stadium since the war, and, with five goals from touchdown, rolled up a score of 53 to 0. The visitors were but once within goal shooting distance of the Crimson posts. In the first period, Casey, the star backfield man of the 1916 eleven, made two dashes, one of 40 and the other of 50 yards, for scores. In the second and fourth period the Crimson made two

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Harvard 20, Bates 0
1934Harvard 12, Bates 0
1933Harvard 33, Bates 0
1931Harvard 28, Bates 0
1929Harvard 48, Bates 0
1919Harvard 53, Bates 0

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