Tufts at Harvard
Saturday, October 30, 1926 Share
Harvard beat Tufts 69–6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 12–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tufts–Harvard gameHarvard leads 15–3 in 18 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1966 | Harvard 45, Tufts 0 | |
| 1965 | Harvard 33, Tufts 0 | |
| 1956 | Tufts 19, Harvard 13 | |
| 1946 | Harvard 49, Tufts 0 | |
| 1945 | Tufts 7, Harvard 6 | |
| 1926 | Harvard 69, Tufts 6 |
Around this game
Tufts
- SeasonTufts in 1926
- ProgramTufts history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. PrincetonNov. 6, 1926
- SeasonHarvard in 1926
- ProgramHarvard history and records
