Harvard at Yale

Saturday, November 22, 1902

Yale beat Harvard 23–⁠0. It was the 23rd of their 120 meetings on file (of 141); after it, Yale led the series 16–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayHarvard11–⁠1 in 1902
0
HomeYale11–⁠0–⁠1 in 1902
23

FinalHigh 62°F, low 39°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Waterbury Democrat's story: ON THE GRIDIRON

    Waterbury Democrat, November 22, 1902, page 7

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    ON THE GRIDIRON The record of the Yale-Harvard games in the past shows IF victories to 4 for Harvard as follows: 1S75-Haryard 4 goals, 2 touch downs; Yale 0. 1876 Yale l goal; Harvard 3 touch downs. 1S77-No game. 1S7S-Yale 1 goal Harvard O.. 1879 Yale ? safeties; Harvard 4 safeties. 1SSO-Yale 1 goal, 1 touchdown: Harvard ? safeties. 1SS1-Yale 0; Harvard 4 safeties. 1SS2-Yale l goal, 3 touchdoWns; Harvard ? safeties. 1SS3-Yale 23; Harvard 2 1SS4-Yale 52; Harvard o. 1SS5-No Game. 1SS6-Yale %; Harvard 4. 1SS7-Yale IT; Harvard 8. 18SS-No game. 1SS9-Yale 6; Harvard o. 1S90- Harvard 12; Yale 6. 1S91-Yale 10; Harvard 0. 1892 ale 6; Harvard 0. 1S93--Y ale 6; Harvard O. 1S94-Yale 12; Harvard 4, 1995--NO game. 1S96-NO game 1S97-Haryard 0; Yale O. 1S9S- Harvard IT: Yale 0. 1S99-Harvard O; Yale o. 19OO-YaIe 2S; Harvard 0. 1901-Harvard 22; Yale 0.

  • The Santa Fe new Mexican's story: Yale Scored Twice.

    Santa Fe new Mexican, Santa Fe, N.M., November 22, 1902, page 1

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    Yale Scored Twice. New Haven, Conn, Nov 49, Tht Yale-Harvard football game this after noon attracted over thirty thousant people. Yale scored twice inside thu first fifteen minutes. Harvard ther took brace and held the Ellis down The score at the end of the first hall was: Yale, IL; Harvard, 0. Yale began the second half fercely and soon scored another goal. Score Yale, IS; Harvard, 0. Harvard then braced up and held Yale, but at no time was the blue ir dangerof being scored against. Towards the end of the half Yale scored another touchdown, but missed goal. Final score: 23 to 0.

  • The Albuquerque daily citizen's story: Exciting Game.

    Albuquerque daily citizen, Albuquerque, N.M., November 22, 1902, page 1

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    Exciting Game. New Haven, Nov. 22.-The Yale-Harward foot ball game this afternoon at tracted over 10000 people. Yale scored twice inside of the first fifteen min utes. Harvard then took brace and held the Flies down. The score at the end of the first half-Yale, 12; Har, ward, 0. Yale began the second half fiercely and soon scored another goal Score, Yale IS, Harvard 0. Harvard then braced up and held Yale, but at no time was the blue in danger of being scored against. Toward the end of the half Yale scored another touchdown, but missed goal. The final score was 23 to 0.

  • The Orleans County monitor's story: Yale defeated Harvard at football last Saturday by a score of 23-0.

    Orleans County monitor, Barton, Vt., November 24, 1902, page 1

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    Yale defeated Harvard at football last Saturday by a score of 23–⁠0. The high license local option bill reported by the majority of the committee was passed to third read ing in the senate by vote of twenty six to four. The senators voting against this measure were Annis and jackson of Orleans, Emery of Orange, and Stiles of Caledonia.

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)

Yale 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 45, Harvard 28
2024Yale 34, Harvard 29
2023Yale 23, Harvard 18
2022Yale 19, Harvard 14
2021Harvard 34, Yale 31
2019Yale 50, Harvard 43

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