Columbia at Harvard

Saturday, November 5, 2022

Columbia beat Harvard 21–⁠20. It was their 59th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 45–⁠13–⁠1.

AwayColumbia6–⁠4 in 2022
21
HomeHarvard6–⁠4 in 2022
20

Final at Harvard Stadium, BostonTV: ESPN+Attendance 13,972

At kickoff
75°F, mostly cloudy, wind 17 mph from the southwest, gusts to 25 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Gen E L Logan International Airport (KBOS), 10 km from the stadium, six minutes before kickoff
Official
Anthony FlorioGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Columbia0103821
Harvard7103020

Standouts

Player stats

Columbia

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Caden Bell16/3019023
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Joey Giorgi640019
Ryan Young103007
Ty’son Edwards31209
Malcolm Terry II6703
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Bryson Canty592143
Luke Painton449125
Marcus Libman642016
J.J. Jenkins1707
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Scott Valentas0001

Harvard

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Charlie Dean17/2922011
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Aidan Borguet23108115
Sone Ntoh1141017
Charlie Dean83808
Jack Bill1104
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Cooper Barkate5102049
Joe Young342022
Tyler Neville327012
Jack Bill222019
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Max Jones0001
Alex Washington0001
Kobe Joseph0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

ColumbiaHarvard
268Total yards408
190Passing yards220
78Rushing yards188
6.3Yards per pass7.6
2.3Yards per rush4.4
12First downs22
4–⁠15Third downs2–⁠13
2–⁠2Fourth downs0–⁠1
4Turnovers1
7–⁠49Penalties9–⁠50
27:55Possession32:05

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 76% to win. Columbia won as Elo’s underdog.

The line

Harvard −10.5, over/under 48.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Before kickoff, the win chances were Harvard 77%, Columbia 23%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.

Harvard leads 48–⁠13–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 31, Columbia 14
2024Harvard 26, Columbia 6
2023Harvard 38, Columbia 24
2022Columbia 21, Harvard 20
2021Harvard 49, Columbia 21
2019Columbia 17, Harvard 10

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