Yale at Harvard
Saturday, November 25, 1939 Share
Yale beat Harvard 20–7. It was the 58th of their 120 meetings on file (of 141); after it, Yale led the series 33–19–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 35°F, low 28°FAttendance 52,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 26, 1939, page 28
Read the text
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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 WEEKSouthern California's powerhouse "Trojans" overcome a gallant Notre Dame team to win a thrilling victory, 20-12!
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Harvard 69% to win. Yale pulled the upset.
The series
Every Yale–Harvard gameOfficially, 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 62 since this game.
| 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 |
Around this game
Yale
- Next gamevs. VirginiaOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonYale in 1939
- ProgramYale history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. AmherstOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonHarvard in 1939
- ProgramHarvard history and records

