Columbia at Harvard

Saturday, October 16, 1954

Columbia beat Harvard 7–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 7–⁠6.

AwayColumbia1–⁠8 in 1954
7
HomeHarvard4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1954
6

FinalHigh 74°F, low 64°F, 0.71 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Columbia Noses Out Harvard, 7-6, With Last Quarter Score

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 63

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    Columbia Noses Out Harvard, 7–⁠6, With Last Quarter Score CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. 16.-- Columbia’s football team. which dropped its first three games. fashioned q slim 7–⁠6 triumph today over Harvard before 1880. the winning margin coming on the extra point, booted by End Bob Dillingham;. Although the Light Blue out gained and outdefended 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)

Harvard 68% to win. Columbia pulled the upset.

Harvard leads 48–⁠13–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 31, Columbia 14
2024Harvard 26, Columbia 6
2023Harvard 38, Columbia 24
2022Columbia 21, Harvard 20
2021Harvard 49, Columbia 21
2019Columbia 17, Harvard 10

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