Princeton at Harvard

Saturday, November 7, 1953

Princeton beat Harvard 6–⁠0. It was their 46th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 27–⁠14–⁠5.

AwayPrinceton5–⁠4 in 1953
6
HomeHarvard6–⁠2 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 53°F, low 36°F, 1.39 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Tops Harvard 60 Columbia Beats Dartmouth Isl West Is Top Star, but Army OverWheIms N. c. State, 27-7

    Evening star, November 8, 1953, page 69

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    Princeton Tops Harvard 60 Columbia Beats Dartmouth Isl West Is Top Star, but Army OverWheIms N. c. State, 27–⁠7 formance wasn’t enough to over come Army’s superior team speed and strength and defensive alertnesS. Gerald Lodge, who scored two touchdowns, and Quarterback Pete Vann, who scored one, passed for another and played all but the last few minutes of the game, were Army’s best operativeS. N. C. State ------- z o O o. : Army ---~------ 7 8 0 14–⁠27 N. C. State scoring: Touchdown--West Conversion-D’An Angelo. Army. scoring: Touchdowns-Holleder g. Lodge (2), Vann. Conversions Cockrell. Chesnauskas (2).

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 49 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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