Princeton at Harvard
Saturday, November 11, 1961 Share
Harvard beat Princeton 9–7. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 31–18–5.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 26°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 12, 1961, page 78
Read the text
NEW 4OHh, NOV. IL NAFJ.- Columbia took over undisputed possession Of the Ivy League football lead today by defeat ing Dartmouth. 35–14, before 5,106 fans on the hard run ming Of Tom Haggerty and Russ Warren. The Lions have a 81 record in the league as compared to Al for Princeton and Harvard. Princeton lost to Harvard, 9–7. today. Penn is Columbia’s fl nal league opponent. Columbia. a slight underdog, scored twice in the first six minutes by capitalizing on a blocked punt and a tumble. The first Columbia touch down came when Guard Tony Day blocked Tom Spangenberg’s attempted quick kick on the Dartmouth 10 and Dick Hassan recovered in the end zone. Moments later, Ed Yusak, al so a guard. recovered John Crumme’s tumble on the Dart mouth IA and Tommy Vasell promptly passed to Hassan in the end zone. In the second half, Columbia marched 80 and 81 yards for scores, Haggerty scoring both times from 3 yards away. Dartmouth scored in the first period when Spangenberg broke loose from the Lion IT. In the final period, Ed Boies intercepted Dick Sakala’s pass on the Columbia 35 and returned it to the 81. The touch down came on a 25-yard pass
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.
On the newsreel
- HARVARD 9 PRINCETON 7Thirty thousand at Cambridge see Harvard beat Princeton by one field goal in their 54th meeting. The Tigers were undefeated in Ivy League play until they traveled to Harvard and a loss
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 53% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Princeton–Harvard gamePrinceton leads 51–37–7 in 95 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 35, Princeton 14 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 21, Harvard 14 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 37, Harvard 10 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 18, Harvard 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 30, Harvard 24 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. YaleNov. 18, 1961
- SeasonPrinceton in 1961
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 18, 1961
- SeasonHarvard in 1961
- ProgramHarvard history and records