Michigan at Harvard

Saturday, November 8, 1930

Michigan beat Harvard 6–⁠3. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 4–⁠2.

AwayMichigan8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1930
6
HomeHarvard4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1930
3

FinalHigh 50°F, low 28°FAttendance 43,913

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WOLVERINES LATE PASS TOPPLES CRIMSON, 6 TO 3 Forward, Newman to Hudson, Nets Midwestern Eleven First Cambridge Touchdown in SO Years After Wood Boots Fourth Quarter Goal

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1930, page 67

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    WOLVERINES LATE PASS TOPPLES CRIMSON, 6 TO 3 Forward, Newman to Hudson, Nets Midwestern Eleven First Cambridge Touchdown in SO Years After Wood Boots Fourth Quarter Goal rushing. Harvard made 9 first downs against Michigan’s 10. Both teams had three passes intercepted, and each Of these “breaxs’ cause almost the same damage. Harvard appeared several thousand per cent improved over last week, when 1t was held to q 1913 tie by the scrappy william and Mary eleven, and Albie Booth and his Yale teammates, who were q bit worried when they quit the stadium, just as the joyous Michigan followers made dash for the goal posts. The Midwesterners ripped down one set without stern opposition but several hundreds Of grim Harvard supporters, aided by large police corps, ably de- Tended the other pair.

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Michigan Downs Harvard G. In Hard Grid Game

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 9, 1930, page 1

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    Michigan Downs Harvard G. In Hard Grid Game CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 8.-tP) The feet OF Roy Hudson. Michigan fullback. today gave the ~undefeated Wolverines a 6–⁠3 victory over a stubborn Harvard eleven that had four chances to put over a touch down. The Crimson’s running attack. however. stalled each time it neared the Michigan goal line and Barry Wood put n or his three drop kicks between the posts for the Harvard score which came in the final period. shortly before Hudson took a 20-yard pass from the spectacular Harry Newman and ealloped 80 yards to register the first Cambridge touchdown the Wolverines have made In so years.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: MICHIGAN AND HARVARD SCORE IN LAST PERIOD

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 10, 1930, page 5

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    MICHIGAN AND HARVARD SCORE IN LAST PERIOD CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 1G.-Michi- gan’s undefeated eleven outbattled Harvard last Saturday to 3 win ming the first victory out of five attempts. After three periods of even bat ting, both the Wolverines and liar yard drove their scores across in the fourth period, which was filled with long forward passes and spark ling runs. Harvard scored the first points on Woods field goal Then Newman got the oval from the 50 yard line to Hudson for a touch down.

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)

Michigan 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 4–⁠4 in eight meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Michigan 35, Harvard 7
1940Michigan 26, Harvard 0
1930Michigan 6, Harvard 3
1929Michigan 14, Harvard 12
1914Harvard 7, Michigan 0
1895Harvard 4, Michigan 0

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