Harvard at Yale

Saturday, November 19, 1938 Share

Harvard beat Yale 7–⁠0. It was the 57th of their 120 meetings on file (of 141); after it, Yale led the series 32–⁠19–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayHarvard4–⁠4 in 1938

HomeYale2–⁠6 in 1938

FinalHigh 61°F, low 41°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 62,000

In the newspapers

The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, November 21, 1938, page 5 (results column)
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Football Results Following are the results of leading football games played throughout the country Saturday; Auburn %; Georgia IA. L. S. u. 50; Southwestern QLa.) 0. Florida 0: Georgia Tech 0. Duke 7: n. c. State 0. Elon 6; Davis-ElkinS @. Georgetown Ia; Maryland Z. Emory-Henry 7; Randolph-Macon 0. V. NJ. |. 6; Roanoke 0. Howard 25; Birmingham-Southern 0. Presbyterian 10; Wofford o. Appalachian IS; East Carolina Teachers 6. Western (KyD Teachers p; Murray 7. Tulane SO; Sewanec 0. Southwestern (Tenn.D 7; Mississippi State 3. Stetson 13; Oglethorpe 7. East Tennessee 10: Milligan .. Eastern (Ky.) Teachers “a; Union College 0. - Centre Ia; Louisville 0: =, Georgetown College (kyO Is; Pennsylvania II. . Centenary As; De Paul 0: Mississippi College 80; Mlllsaps 0. st. Anselm 0: Boston College o. Harvard 7; Yale 0. Of Manhattan 10; w. Virginia o. Villanova 80 Boston U. G.. ! Pittsburgh 26; Penn State D. Albright 0; Upsala 0. - Army 10; Princeton 7. :, Susquehanna IA; Brooklyn Col lege 6. Syracuse -; Columbia y. Fordham 10; South Cav. 0. , Tufts 7; Mass, State 6. - Buffalo 26: Rensselaer, Poly T. Bucknell 16. George Washing ton 0. - Drexel 25: .Ursinus 0. :y LAFAYETTE s, Lehigh 0.

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

GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEKIn the 57th meeting of the famous "elevens." the Harvard "Crimson" attack downs a determined Yale "Bulldog," 7-0, in a sea of rain and mudUniversal Newsreel, November 21, 1938. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 53% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Harvard–Yale game

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 63 since this game.

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

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