Princeton at Harvard

Saturday, November 7, 1959

Harvard beat Princeton 14–⁠0. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 30–⁠17–⁠5.

AwayPrinceton4–⁠5 in 1959
0
HomeHarvard6–⁠3 in 1959
14

FinalHigh 68°F, low 38°F, 0.18 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Harvard Center Out

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1959, page 36

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    Harvard Center Out CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 10 (APl Center Pete Eliades is lost to the Harvard football team for the rest of the season, Coach John Yovicsin said yes terday. EliadeS suffered two broken bones in his hand in Saturdays 14–⁠0 victory over Princeton.

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 54% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.

Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 43 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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