Tufts at Harvard

Saturday, October 30, 1926

Harvard beat Tufts 69–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 12–⁠1.

AwayTufts0–⁠1 in 1926
6
HomeHarvard3–⁠5 in 1926
69

FinalHigh 65°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: HARVARD'S MACHINE ROUTS TUFTS, 69-6

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 31, 1926, page 91

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    HARVARD’S MACHINE ROUTS TUFTS, 69–⁠6 BY the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October 90 HarvardS new foot ball machine had a field day today. running over Tufts for final score of 50 to 6. The visitors single scoring opportunity came in the first period. whom three forward passes carried tho ball To the Crimson 9-yard line. and Ellis drove over for touchdown. Harvard started its first string eleven. hut after Miller’s first touch down SubStitutions became the order of The day. and finally every member of the Crimson squad had seen action. The Crim@on’s first, second and third string backfield rompCd over Tufts, ga ming on line rushes and long runs almost at WILL Miller accounted for three of Harwards 10 toucldowns. while r. Clarke and ChaunCey. substituting for Miller and Sayles each had 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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 15–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the five 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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