Army at Harvard

Saturday, October 21, 1950

No. 1 Army beat Harvard 49–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 16–⁠13–⁠2.

Away1Army8–⁠1 in 1950
49
HomeHarvard1–⁠7 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 65°F, low 35°FAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Army 0verwheIms Harvard, 49-O, for IFS Worst Shutout

    Evening star, October 22, 1950, page 42

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    Army 0verwheIms Harvard, 49-O, for IFS Worst Shutout CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 21.- Mighty Army overwhelmed Harward, 1870, today to add another blotted page to the Crimson’s IT. year-old football history before a $4,000 crowd at the stadium. 1t was the third straight set back for the Crimson and the first time it ever had been shutout by such a one-sided margin. Last

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)

Army 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Army 21, Harvard 20
1989Army 56, Harvard 28
1984Army 33, Harvard 11
1983Harvard 24, Army 21
1982Army 17, Harvard 13
1981Army 27, Harvard 13

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