Yale at Harvard

Saturday, November 21, 1931

Yale beat Harvard 3–⁠0. It was the 50th of their 120 meetings on file (of 141); after it, Yale led the series 28–⁠16–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayYale5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1931
3
HomeHarvard7–⁠1 in 1931
0

FinalHigh 70°FAttendance 58,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 26, 1931, page 33

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    20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. NAVY conquered Army In their IN annual foot ball game, 3 to 0. Capt. Jack Daltons placement kick decided. Harvard and Yale in their yearly grid meeting fought to a 90 tie. Maryland Agricultural College scored over Gallaudet, 6 to 2. The Farmers pushed over a touchdown in the final minutes on plunging by Kemp and Hoffecker. The Tech-Central foot ball game tomorrow for the benefit of the Play grounds Association will be attended by President Taft. Others who have bought boxes include Mr.. and Mrs. Colin H. Livingstone, DR.. and Mrs. Charles S. Barnhart, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Bell, DR.. William M. Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Birney, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur c. Moses, Mr.. and Mrs. James Bryce, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon-Cumming, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nagel, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver, Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Hemmick, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur j. Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Slater, Arthur L. Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. 1A0AaAiSAA oSAAAAAASo, MI. anu MIS-. Lester A. Barr, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex ander Graham Bell, Gen. and Mrs. j. Franklin Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. william j. Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex ander Britton, Mr.. and Mrs. Chaplin Brown, Admiral and Mrs. George Dewey. Mr.. and Mrs John B. Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean, Mr.. and Mrs Walcott Tuckerman and Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Worthington.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 25, 1931, page 1

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    Southern California and Army has high hopes of repeating the stunt. At New Haven, Princeton, winner of only one game this year, will at tempt to atone by taking on a Yale team that beat Harvard, 3 to 0. Stanford and Dartmouth meet in the days leading intersectionai contest at Boston. The Pacific coast eleven, returning the visit made last year by Dartmouth. is favorite to win. Northwestern and Purdue, meet ing in one of the Big Ten confer ence’s charity games, furnish the middlewest with a choice gridiron morsel while the undefeated South ern Methodist eleven takes on Texas Christian in the top game of the southwest.

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story: Football Stars in Saturdays Games

    The Bismarck tribune, North Dakota, November 23, 1931, page 8 (results column)

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    Football Stars in Saturdays Games Johnny Baker, Southern Cali fornia-His field goal in the last minute Of play beat Notre Dame, 16 to IA. Albie Booth, Yale-Booted field goal In fourth quarter to stop Harvard, 3 to 0. Henry Schaldach, California Led his team to 60 win over Stanford, scoring only touchdown OF the game. Lewis Brown, Nebraska–Ran 30 yards for touchdown to aid Nebraska to beat Iowa State and clinch Big Six title. Bill Hewitt. Michigan–Beat Minnesota with 57-yard run for only touchdown of the game.

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: FOOTBALL SCORES Ursinus 6, Army 54. Yale 3. Harvard 0.

    Seward daily gateway, November 23, 1931, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Ursinus 6, Army 54. Yale 3. Harvard 0. Minnesota 0, Michigan 6. Penn, State 0, West Virginia 19. Bucknell IA, Fordham 13. South. Calf. Is, Notre Dame 14 Georgetown 13, Villanova 6. Illinois 0, Ohio State 40. South. Methodist 13, Navy 6. Northwestern 19, Iowa o. New Hampshire 13, Brown 19.

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.

On the newsreel

  • FAIR HARVARD BOWS TO ELI, 3-0, IN GOLDEN JUBILEE GRID DUELLittle Albie Booth, Yale’s mighty atom, after a three-year struggle connects in his last appearance against the ancient rival and boots a field goal that gives his eleven its first victory in four years over the…Universal Newsreel, November 23, 1931. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 64% to win. Yale won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 45, Harvard 28
2024Yale 34, Harvard 29
2023Yale 23, Harvard 18
2022Yale 19, Harvard 14
2021Harvard 34, Yale 31
2019Yale 50, Harvard 43

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