Williams at Harvard

Wednesday, October 3, 1900

Harvard beat Williams 12–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 16–⁠0.

AwayWilliams6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1900
0
HomeHarvard10–⁠1 in 1900
12

FinalHigh 61°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Providence news's story: HARVARD WINS FROM WILLIAMS.

    The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], October 4, 1900, page 3

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    HARVARD WINS FROM WILLIAMS. ON Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. Harvard defeated Williams by the small score of Il To g. Williams snappy plugging was a marked contrast TO Harvard’s who played with little life or dash, and only by superior weight kept Williams from scoring. u. Kendall scored the first touchdown after three or four line plays uy m king a pretty i0-yard run. Fierce line buclSipg by Lawrence and Bagden brought the hall close to Williams line, where r. Vixen dali was pushed over for the second touchdown. Both goals were kicked. In the second half Harvard with a substitute line played n miserable game.

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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 30–⁠0 in 30 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1920Harvard 38, Williams 0
1913Harvard 23, Williams 3
1912Harvard 26, Williams 3
1911Harvard 18, Williams 0
1910Harvard 21, Williams 0
1909Harvard 8, Williams 6

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