Harvard at Princeton

Saturday, November 6, 1948

Princeton beat Harvard 47–⁠7. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 22–⁠14–⁠5.

AwayHarvard4–⁠4 in 1948
7
HomePrinceton4–⁠4 in 1948
47

FinalHigh 79°F, low 57°FAttendance 37,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Rips Harvard, At, For Worst Defeat in Rivalry

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1948, page 43

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    Princeton Rips Harvard, At, For Worst Defeat in Rivalry FumbleS by Harvard turned the game into rout in the third quarter. George Chandler galloped 40 yards shortly after Cohn SHARED Gannon’s tumble Weber siieSaaed over from the flve after Bib Keel, fell on a bah that bounced away from Bill Henry for another. Reed caught another Wagner pass on a 16-yard play FOR a third score. Jake McCandiess skirted left end from the three and Bob McCorrnick tossed a six-yard southpaw pass to Cliff Kurrus to account for two last quarter touchdowns. Frank Reich el, whose field goal edged Columbia, added five extra points. HARVARD. Left end--Diblasio. Hyde. Left tackle-Davis. Guidera. Drvaric Left suard-Houston. coyne. Center-O’B ‘Brien. Hickey. G1ynn. Stone Right. guard – coan. Rods. Kanter Right tackle--Bender, Garvey. DesEwick Right end--Fiorentino, Mazzone, Hill. eauarterback-Henry, 1senberg, Edmonds Goodrich. Left half – Noonan, Roche, Kenary Right half-oDonnell. Nome. Athans Fullback-Gannon, Shafer, Adams. PRINCETON. Left end-Mead, Bunnell. Chamberlin Harkins. - Left ,tackle-Buxton. Donan. valentzas Howarth. Left euard-Moore Zawadsky. Critics. Center-Cohn. Finney, Reichel Wood Right guard-Palin. Cleveland, Clark Right tackle-Robertson, Koch, Ewing Schmidt. Right end-McKenna, Reed. Kurrus Lewis. Observation-Disclosures Eastman. Hollindonner, Collins. Left half-Wasner, McCandless. Box Right half-sella. Mccormick. Hunger Fullback-weber. Powers. Prior. Princeton -- 0 13 90 IA Harvard scoring: Touchdown – Mofie Point after ouchdown-Drvaric place Princeton scoring: Touchdowns-Reed l2I. Sella. Chandler. Weber. McCandless. kurrus: Points after touchdowns-Reichei 90 (placements).

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)

Princeton 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 35, Princeton 14
2024Harvard 45, Princeton 13
2023Princeton 21, Harvard 14
2022Princeton 37, Harvard 10
2021Princeton 18, Harvard 16
2019Princeton 30, Harvard 24

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