Maine at Yale

Saturday, September 27, 1930

Yale beat Maine 38–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayMaine0–⁠1 in 1930
0
HomeYale5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1930
38

FinalHigh 78°F, low 56°FAttendance 21,000

On the newsreel

  • BOOTH STARS FOR ELI IN SEASON’S OPENER AS MAINE LOSES, 38-0Yale’s blue meteor inaugurates the gridiron wars by spilling stein yodelers all over the big bowl with a 30-yard gallop to a touchdown in the first stanza of the football frolic, and thereby serving notice that the…Universal Newsreel, September 29, 1930. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 9–⁠0–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Yale 35, Maine 14
2015Yale 21, Maine 10
1937Yale 26, Maine 0
1933Yale 14, Maine 7
1931Yale 19, Maine 0
1930Yale 38, Maine 0

Around this game

Maine

Yale