Dartmouth at Harvard

Saturday, October 28, 1961

Harvard beat Dartmouth 21–⁠15. It was their 65th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 37–⁠25–⁠3.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠3 in 1961
15
HomeHarvard6–⁠3 in 1961
21

FinalHigh 54°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: oyIor Leads Harvard Over Dartmouth, 21-15

    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.

Harvard leads 63–⁠40–⁠4 in 107 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 31, Dartmouth 10
2024Harvard 31, Dartmouth 27
2023Harvard 17, Dartmouth 9
2022Harvard 28, Dartmouth 13
2021Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17
2019Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6

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