Amherst at Harvard
Saturday, October 3, 1936 Share
Harvard beat Amherst 38–6. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 23–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 44°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1936, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL &6REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played in the States last Saturday after, noon: Stanford IS; Washington State IA Idaho o. Washington g. St. Mary’s 10; California 0. Willamette 0; Oregon State 13. Oregon 0; Southern California 26. Michigan State 21; Michigan ‘. University of San Francisco 13; San Jose State 0. Duke 21; South Carolina O. Marquette 12; Wisconsin 6. Virginia 0; Pitt 34 Davidson o. Navy 19. Washington and Lee 0; Army 28. Williams T; Princeon 27. Lafayette 0; Pennsylvania 35. Shenandoah 0; Catholic Univer- sity 81. Vanderbilt 37; Chicago o. Iowa T; Northwestern Is. Cornell o; Yale 23. Providence s; Holy Cross 21. New York University 0; Ohio State 60. Miami 20: Case 2. F’rankliny and Marshall T; Ford ham 66. Arkansas IA; Texas Christian 18. Louisiana State 6; Texas 6; tie. Washington University at St. Louis ‘; Illinois 13. Amherst 6; Harvard 38 Auburn 0; Tulane o. Notre Dame 21; Carnegie Tech T. SUNDAY GAMES Detroit 6; Villanova 13. Portland University O; Santa Clara 27.

The Nome daily nugget, October 5, 1936, page 3 (results column)
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U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES Willamette Oregon state 13 Oregon 0 U S C 26 Michigan State 21 Michigan 2 U San Francisco 13 San Jose 0 St. Marys 10 Calf. 0 Idaho Washington p Stanford l3 Wash. State IA Duke 21 South Carolina Marquette l2 Wisconsin 6 Virginia 0 Pitt 34 Davidson 0 Navy 19 Wash. Lee 0 Army 28 Williams 2 Princeton 27 Lafayette Pennsylvania 35 Shenandoah 0 Catholic U 81 Vanderbilt 37 Chicago 0 Iowa 2 Northwestern 18 Cornell 0 Yale 23 Providence 6 Holy Cross 2l New York U 0 N. Y. State 60 Miami 20 Case 2 Franklin Marshall 2 Fordham Arkansas IA Tex. Christian Is Louisiana State 6 Texas 6 tie Wash. U ‘ Illinois 13 Amherst 6 Harvard 38 Auburn 0 Tulane 0 tie
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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Amherst–Harvard gameHarvard leads 24–1 in 25 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1940 | Harvard 13, Amherst 0 | |
| 1936 | Harvard 38, Amherst 6 | |
| 1912 | Harvard 46, Amherst 0 | |
| 1911 | Harvard 11, Amherst 0 | |
| 1910 | Harvard 17, Amherst 0 | |
| 1903 | Amherst 5, Harvard 0 |
Around this game
Amherst
- Next gameat DartmouthOct. 2, 1937
- SeasonAmherst in 1936
- ProgramAmherst history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonHarvard in 1936
- ProgramHarvard history and records
