Williams at Harvard
Saturday, September 27, 1902 Share
Harvard beat Williams 11–0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 18–0.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 58°F, 0.18 in. of rain
In the newspapers
The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], September 28, 1902, page 6
Read the text
Harvard Defeat. Williams. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Sept. T.-Harvard opened her football season to-day by defeating Williams. IL TO 0. All the points were scored in the first half. Williams gave the Harvard supporters a scare in the second half by carrying the ball TO Harwards fve-yard line by 40 and 25-yard end run.
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Williams–Harvard gameHarvard leads 30–0 in 30 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
| 1920 | Harvard 38, Williams 0 | |
| 1913 | Harvard 23, Williams 3 | |
| 1912 | Harvard 26, Williams 3 | |
| 1911 | Harvard 18, Williams 0 | |
| 1910 | Harvard 21, Williams 0 | |
| 1909 | Harvard 8, Williams 6 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gamevs. HamiltonOct. 4, 1902
- SeasonWilliams in 1902
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BowdoinOct. 1, 1902
- SeasonHarvard in 1902
- ProgramHarvard history and records