Wesleyan (CT) at Harvard

Saturday, September 29, 1900

Harvard beat Wesleyan (CT) 24–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 14–⁠1.

AwayWesleyan (CT)5–⁠4 in 1900
0
HomeHarvard10–⁠1 in 1900
24

FinalHigh 66°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The times's story: FOOTBALL AT CAMBRIDGE. Harvard Defents Wesleyan by Score of ~ to o.

    The times, Washington [D.C.], September 30, 1900, page 1

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    FOOTBALL AT CAMBRIDGE. Harvard Defents Wesleyan by Score of ~ to o. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 29.-In its lrst game of the season. on Soldiers Field. Harvard was able to score but four times against Wesleyan. No goals were missed and the score was “a TO 0. The results of Harvard’s discouraging practice this week were evident in the playing today. Back of the line there was no team work and in the line no organization OF effort. Punting was attempted only at the close of the game. The running Of backs was uni formly high. and interference was not only slow, but often IL failed to form altogether. Tackling on the Harvard was weak and in pffectual

  • The The Seattle post-intelligencer's story: FIRST OF THE SEASON. Harvard Defeats wesleyan Eleven mt Football.

    The Seattle post-intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], September 30, 1900, page 10

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    FIRST OF THE SEASON. Harvard Defeats wesleyan Eleven mt Football. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Sept 2e.-The first football, game of the season was played between the Harvard varsity team and the wesleyan eleven, the score being “a to In favor of Harvard

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)

Harvard 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 17–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1903Harvard 17, Wesleyan (CT) 6
1902Harvard 35, Wesleyan (CT) 5
1901Harvard 16, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1900Harvard 24, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1899Harvard 20, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1897Harvard 34, Wesleyan (CT) 0

Around this game

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