Colgate at Harvard

Saturday, October 10, 1953

Harvard beat Colgate 28–⁠26. It was their second meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayColgate3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1953
26
HomeHarvard6–⁠2 in 1953
28

FinalHigh 68°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Harvard Nips Colgate, 1926 CIusby Figures in All Scores

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 67

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    Harvard Nips Colgate, 1926 CIusby Figures in All Scores ing passes to Art Fox and Frank Nardulli from 13 and 38 yards out. Lalla also set up the other Colgate touchdown by going IL yards on a sneak and then pass ing to Frank Speno on Harvard’s l. from where Charlie Cooley scored on the fourth periods first play. Colgate ------- 13 o o 13–⁠26 Harvard z IA z 0–⁠2S Colgate scoring: Touchdowns-Fox Lalla, Cooley Nardull. Conversions Nardulli 2. Harvard scoring: Touchdowns-Cla by 3. Hardy. Conversions-J. Ross 4.

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 20, Colgate 17
1978Harvard 24, Colgate 21
1977Colgate 38, Harvard 21
1961Colgate 15, Harvard 0
1953Harvard 28, Colgate 26
1952Harvard 21, Colgate 20

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