Princeton at Harvard
Saturday, October 29, 1938 Share
Harvard beat Princeton 26–7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 19–11–4.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 51°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5
Read the text
HARVARD ENDS LOSING STREAK Crimson Finally Takes 26 to 7 Win Over Prince tons Eleven CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 31. = Harvard’s well drilled forces ended the longest losing streak in history, when speedy Forbie Macdonald romped for a total of 192 yards last Saturday afternoon and scored three of the four touchdowns that gave the Crimson and Gray a 26 to 2 victory over Princeton
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)
Princeton 52% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Princeton–Harvard gamePrinceton leads 51–37–7 in 95 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 35, Princeton 14 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 21, Harvard 14 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 37, Harvard 10 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 18, Harvard 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 30, Harvard 24 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gameat RutgersNov. 5, 1938
- SeasonPrinceton in 1938
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. ChicagoNov. 5, 1938
- SeasonHarvard in 1938
- ProgramHarvard history and records