Vermont at Harvard

Saturday, October 1, 1927

Harvard beat Vermont 21–⁠3. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVermont0–⁠2 in 1927
3
HomeHarvard4–⁠4 in 1927
21

FinalHigh 86°F, low 65°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: HARVARD GRIDDERS BEAT VERMONT, 21-3

    Evening star, October 2, 1927, page 81

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    HARVARD GRIDDERS BEAT VERMONT, 21–⁠3 CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October fF).-- Harvard opened its 1927 foot bali season hy scoring 2l-to-3 victory over The I niversity u Vermont eleven un’ der = hot sun in the Harvard Stadium today. Coach Horween of Harvard used nearly three fun teams. Vermont held the Crimson scoreloss in the first period. but in the second quarter Crosby scored two touchdoWns and BURNS Brown. who substituted for Kelley At quarterback. added the extra points by placement Kicks. In this period. Conway Of Vermont scored a drop-kicl< from the lHyard line for MS teams only score. Guaranaccia scored Harvard’s third touchdown in the third period and Dona@hv, substitute halfback. kicked the goal.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1930Harvard 35, Vermont 0
1927Harvard 21, Vermont 3

Around this game

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Harvard