Dartmouth at Harvard

Saturday, October 26, 1963

Harvard beat Dartmouth 17–⁠13. It was their 67th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 38–⁠26–⁠3.

AwayDartmouth7–⁠2 in 1963
13
HomeHarvard5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1963
17

FinalHigh 82°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Perfect LIST Down 10 3

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1963, page 18

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    Perfect LIST Down 10 3 Only 80 college football teams have perfect records for the season today, following the defeats Of nine, including Wis consin, Pittsburgh and Dart mouth. The list of major teams with unbeaten-untied records is down to a slim four-Texas. Bowling Green, Auburn and Princeton. Dartmouth’s winning streak OF l5-longest in the Nation among m aJor teams was ended Saturday by Harvard, 17–⁠13. The teams:

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 55% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.

Harvard leads 63–⁠40–⁠4 in 107 meetings, counting the 40 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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