Dartmouth at Harvard
Saturday, October 28, 1961 Share
Harvard beat Dartmouth 21–15. It was their 65th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 37–25–3.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 30°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1961, page 30
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oyIor Leads Harvard Over Dartmouth, 21–15 CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. % tAPD. Harvard Junior Bill Taylor was the offensive star as the hard-hitting Crimson ran up a three-touchdown lead, then STAYED off Dartmouth’s late passing attack for a 21–15 Ivy League football victory today. Taylor. a 190-pound chemistry major from Crookston, MINI, proved the catalyst for the underdog Crimson, regis tering the first two scores on second-period runs Of l and 9 yards. Dartmouth went into the game with an unbeaten Ivy record. A Harvard line flanked by Pete Hart and Bob Boyda rushed so hard it hurried Dart mouth handoffs, pitchouts and passes.
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)
Dartmouth 66% to win. Harvard pulled the upset.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Harvard gameHarvard leads 63–40–4 in 107 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 31, Dartmouth 10 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 31, Dartmouth 27 | |
| 2023 | Harvard 17, Dartmouth 9 | |
| 2022 | Harvard 28, Dartmouth 13 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17 | |
| 2019 | Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gameat YaleNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonDartmouth in 1961
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Harvard
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonHarvard in 1961
- ProgramHarvard history and records

