Harvard at Michigan
Saturday, November 7, 1942 Share
No. 11 Michigan beat Harvard 35–7. It was their eighth meeting; the series is even at 4–4.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 33°FAttendance 25,305
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 8, 1942, page 1
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Harvard Bows To u. NJ. Eleven By 35–7 Score Continued from Page Two) after-point magician. Today he played considerable football in the second half and did very well. In the statistics Michigan had ID first downs to IL. outgained the Crimsons $50 TO 156 rushing. and netted IS yards passing to 81 for Harvard. Michigan was far too powerful for the young. inexperienced team from the East. The game served a noble purpose. too, for Michigan. The Wolverines were able TO rest their regulars for the all-important clash with Notre Dame next Sat- Iurday and at the same time give the teams reserves chance. Harvard undoubtedly will be the most popular team on the schedule for the reserves. It’s been really the only real chance they’ve had all season. The game at no time was interesting enough TO cause Michigan partisans TO quit talking about the exploits of the little black scottie dog. He was well worth the price of admission and the wear and u 49,. a

The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1942, page 5
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MIGHTY MICHIGAN DEFEATS HARVARD BY FOUR 5(0QE5 ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. g. Mighty Michigan rolled up four touchdowns in the first half and ex- tended its win streak to II games last Saturday afternoon, defeating Harvard 35 to T.
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)
Michigan 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Harvard–Michigan gameTied 4–4 in eight meetings.
| 1942 | Michigan 35, Harvard 7 | |
| 1940 | Michigan 26, Harvard 0 | |
| 1930 | Michigan 6, Harvard 3 | |
| 1929 | Michigan 14, Harvard 12 | |
| 1914 | Harvard 7, Michigan 0 | |
| 1895 | Harvard 4, Michigan 0 |
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 14, 1942
- SeasonHarvard in 1942
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat Notre DameNov. 14, 1942
- SeasonMichigan in 1942
- ProgramMichigan history and records

