Tufts at Harvard

Saturday, November 3, 1923

Harvard beat Tufts 16–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 11–⁠1.

AwayTufts0–⁠1 in 1923
0
HomeHarvard4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1923
16

FinalHigh 57°F, low 25°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: IMPROVED HARVARD TEAM BEATS TUFTS

    Evening star, November 4, 1923, page 70

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    IMPROVED HARVARD TEAM BEATS TUFTS CAMBRIDGE. Mass. November 9 81 Two touchdowns. one with kicked goal, and a goal from the field from placement by McGlone. gave Harvard 16-to-0 victory over the Tufts eleven in the Harvard Stadium today. Harvard’s line was stronger than IN previous games. and her backs made two rushes OF from 30 to so yards each. McGlone kicked the field goal from the 2S-yard line. and his work and that of Lockwood. fullback. and Hubbard. left guard, were features of Harvards play. Tufts only first down was made in the third period, when Shuster. sub stituting for Chandonnet at right end, caught a forward pass from Etelman. In the fourth period Harvard lost the ball on downs foot from their OPP ponent’s goal line.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: HARVARD BEATS TUFTS TEAM I6-O

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 4, 1923, page 15

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    HARVARD BEATS TUFTS TEAM I6-O CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 3.-Two touchdowns, one with kicked goal and a goal from the field from placement by McGlone, gave Harvard a 16-to-O victory over the Tufts eleven in the Harvard stadium today. Harvardss line was stronger than in previous games and her backs made two rushes of from 40 to 50 yards each. MoGlone kicked the field goal from the 2S-yard line, and his work and that of Lockwood. fullback. and Hubbard, left guard, were features of Harvard’s play. Tufts only first down was made in the third period.

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 15–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1966Harvard 45, Tufts 0
1965Harvard 33, Tufts 0
1956Tufts 19, Harvard 13
1946Harvard 49, Tufts 0
1945Tufts 7, Harvard 6
1926Harvard 69, Tufts 6

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