Harvard at Stanford

Saturday, September 24, 1949

Stanford beat Harvard 44–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayHarvard1–⁠8 in 1949
0
HomeStanford7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
44

FinalHigh 70°F, low 50°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 25, 1949, page 44

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    PALO ALTO, Calf, Sept. “a Stanford sounded a stirring challenge to all future football rivals today with a resounding 44–⁠0 vic tory over a supposedly strong Harvard team. a legend dissipated before some $4,000 fans gathered for the intersectional conflict. The Sophomore dotted Stanford club Marchie Schwartz has as sembledf this season made Old Man Harvard look inept. The youngsters, with a few vets steady ing the pace. ran over, under and around the distinguished visitors from the Ivy League. Stanford took command from the start. It hardly was q contest. The red-shirted. inspired Indians ran for a touchdown just after the start. They passed and pounded for two more and q safety before the half ended. Coach Schwartz freely tested the mettle of his substitutes in the second half. The reserves also took Harvard’s best to pieces. scoring two touchdowns in the third period and one more in the last. The subs. in fact, chalked up one sustained drive for 76 yards and came back for another good for So yards. Alertness rewarded the winners with their last tallies after an in tercepted pass on Harvard’s 81. Dick Broome. a fourth-string half back, ran the last six yards. In the preceding period. substitute Boyd Benson scored on Is and II yard dashes. In II ground plays, less than seven minutes after the start, Left Half Harry HupaSian went

  • The Toledo union journal. (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current's story

    Toledo union journal. (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, Ohio, September 30, 1949, page 6

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    in the business, and Phil Mus cato, Buffalo veteran who has faced some of the games best. Moore, the clever terror who is now making Toledo his home, is anxious to send Muscato to the showers in a hurry, since many of the country’s top promoters will have their eyes on the Maui NEE City. Sidetracked for the past several months from get ting shot at the title, Moore is determined to fight his heart out and force the boxing mono polists to give him the chance. On the other hand, Muscato is just as anxious to put the brakes on Archie and grab off title bout for himself. All in all, it should prove a very enjoyable evening, especially for the fans. This fight show, however, will not open Toledo’s winter box ing season. Moore has been sign ed to meet young Bob Amos next Tuesday in the Sports Arena. So Moore will be show ing his wares twice in one month in our city. Collegiate football jumps into its second week of action tomorrow with many of the nations S top clubs meeting opposition which is anything but easy. Michigan for example, undefeated in “a consecutive games, travels to Palo Alto, Calf. to face she very tough Stanford Indians. Stanford registered 44–⁠0 vic tory over Harvard last week, which incidentally plays the

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)

Stanford 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

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