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Army at Harvard

Saturday, October 20, 1928

Army beat Harvard 15–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–⁠1.

AwayArmy8–⁠2 in 1928
15
HomeHarvard5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1928
0

FinalHigh 72°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played Satur- day afternoon in various parts of the states: oregan 27; University of Wash ington O. California 0; University of Southern California O. Ohio 19; Michigan ‘. Navy 6; Duke 0. Pennsylvania IA; Penn State 0. Army 15; Harvard 0. Minnesota 33; Chicago ‘. Northwestern ‘; Kentucky 0. Wisconsin 19; Purdue 19. Washington State 9; Oregon State ‘. Missouri 2S; Iowa State 19. Dartmouth 21; Columbia ‘. Yale 32; Brown IA. New York University s; Rutgers 0. Princeton 47; Lehigh 0. Colgate 16; Michigan State O.. Georgia Tech 13; Notre Dame O.. Tennessee 15; Alabama 13. West Virginia P; Washington and Lee O..

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)

Army 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Army–Harvard game

Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Army 21, Harvard 20
1989Army 56, Harvard 28
1984Army 33, Harvard 11
1983Harvard 24, Army 21
1982Army 17, Harvard 13
1981Army 27, Harvard 13

Around this game

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Harvard