Tufts at Yale
Saturday, September 29, 1945 Share
Yale beat Tufts 27–7. It was their 10th meeting; Yale leads the series 10–0.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 48°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 30, 1945, page 1
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Yale Defeats Tufts In Opening Game, III NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. o. R)-Vandy Gandy) Kirk, predivinity student gave Tufts plenty OF heck today as the Eli inaugural ed their 1915 football campaign with a 27–7 triumph. The 18-year-old Kirk tailed all four of the Blue S touchdowns, one on a beautiful ST. yard sprint through the middle. Tufts was tough during the first half, and for most of the second period led rs, but Kirk and the Yale power proved too much.
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)
Yale 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tufts–Yale gameYale leads 10–0 in 10 meetings.
| 1945 | Yale 27, Tufts 7 | |
| 1919 | Yale 37, Tufts 0 | |
| 1910 | Yale 17, Tufts 0 | |
| 1903 | Yale 19, Tufts 0 | |
| 1902 | Yale 34, Tufts 6 | |
| 1901 | Yale 29, Tufts 5 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 6, 1945
- SeasonTufts in 1945
- ProgramTufts history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 6, 1945
- SeasonYale in 1945
- ProgramYale history and records
