Army at Harvard
Saturday, October 24, 1942 Share
No. 11 Army beat Harvard 14–0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 16–10–2.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 52°F
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 26, 1942, page 5
Read the text
ARMY TAXES HARVARD il INTO CAMP Cadets Sill Unbeafen, Un- fled, Win Contest IA to 0 CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 26. = The Army’s mighty football team con tinued on it’s unbeaten road last Saturday afternoon by gaining a victory over the powerful Harvard eleven. The Cadets started with a furi- ous burst and scored twice in the first two periods to win IA to o. They had another touchdown erased by an illegal forward pass ruling.
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)
Army 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Army–Harvard gameHarvard leads 19–18–2 in 39 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 1991 | Army 21, Harvard 20 | |
| 1989 | Army 56, Harvard 28 | |
| 1984 | Army 33, Harvard 11 | |
| 1983 | Harvard 24, Army 21 | |
| 1982 | Army 17, Harvard 13 | |
| 1981 | Army 27, Harvard 13 |
Around this game
Army
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonArmy in 1942
- ProgramArmy history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. PrincetonOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonHarvard in 1942
- ProgramHarvard history and records