Maine at Harvard
Saturday, October 7, 1905 Share
Harvard beat Maine 22–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 36°F
In the newspapers

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 11, 1905, page 2
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Maine Well Satisfied With Its Football Team. Bates Will Try Harvard, To-day, At Cambridge, Mass. BoWdoin Has Large Number Of New Men In the Upper Glasses. Orono, Me-, Oct. 10.-(SpeciaD.- The members OF the Varsity football team have played one of the hardest games of the year with Harvard and are in excellent condition and good spirits. The story of the game reflects strong credit on the team. Coach Mccoy in speaking Of the showing made by Maine eNpressed himself as being we’ll pleased with the result. The men played scrap by football from start to finish ana al though outweighed from 20 10 81 pounds to a man, they came out OF inc game with fewer injuries ana III petter physical condition than the iiai ward players in general The loss OF the game with bahsor High school By the second team W’‘s due largely to lack Of team work by me members. AS it was practically the III time that the men had played together they were in bad position TO pIaS g strong team like that of Bangor Ms” Several more games are TO DE ar “ii3Ot for the second and before me close VI the SC ason they should be able 70 M die most Of the smaller teams III the vicinity as We’ll as XIV 49, some excellent practice. The game with Brown, next Saturdav. will be a hard one. Maine IS anNions IN make a good showing against them. In previous years the score mas ,lvav, been small and both coaches and players are putting in their hardest kind of work in preparation for the game. Several new men have turned hl among them are Stowcll and Bios sorl, a Law school man, hoth OF theih are working behind the line and are showing up remarkably well. A college meeting was held, tues dav. in the interest Of the debating So ciety. President Davis of the society presided at the meeting and good deal Of enthusiasm was manifested. Speech es were made by members OF the 1acui- “ and the student body. The 1Irst sneaker was President Fellows. tie showed the great value Of debating on daily life. and stated that man WAS not fully educated until he could clear “ state his thoughts and state thth so we’ll that he could influence others 10 think his way. He said that the mos OF the students here We’re taking teen nical courses and We’re worked so ildru that they were doing five years Wcrk Ill four and had very little time to put m n the course Of public speaking that the university offers; this il where tHe debating society steps in ana heipS tile student, Their meetings are h”id oH’c every week ana topics of interest IL az are discussed. President Fellows Salu that the faculty was willing TO help the society in every way possible and h”ped that the wear would be Il most success fui one with them. Mr. Sherman spoke for the student hrdv and said that the college had made long strides in the past few years In nearly all lines. but in this rarid advancement one thing had been over looked and this was debating. we were re1resented by team, last year, 1”r tho first time in the history of the uni yersitv while they did not win, they made A most excellent showing ana VIII he willing to work all the harder TINS wear on account Of the defeat. The next speaker was Dean stevens. an q few words he told how tn” work Q! debating in the university was beng carried on by fcw men ana that II was our duty to turn out and help them; Prof. Rogers. the popular facul- ~ member of the debating society, out lined the work for the coming year and urged every man to turn out aud help build up a society that will be i credit to the college.

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 8, 1905, page 1
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HARVARD BEATS MAINE. Makes -Four TouchdozUnS, bat Suf- fers from HeaUy Penalties. Cambridge. Mass, Oct without having her own goal threatened, Harvard defeated the University of Maine by a score Of y to . on Soldiers Field to-day, scoring three times In the first half of twenty minutes and once in the second half of ten minutes of play. The worst feature Of Harvard’s playing was the holding in the line. which resulted in heaVy nenalties. The lighter Maine team could make but little progress against the Harvard Inc and usually punted on the second down AS the Harvard backfeld was fairly sure Maine had hut little chance TO score on possible tumble. After Names kickoff there was an exchange oF hunts and then the Crimson players began an onslaught on the Maine line which ended on the twenty -fve yard line through penalty The ball was regained, however. and the hrst touchdown came in short order Harvard rushed the all half the length of the field for the second score without being stopped Inc third score was dut to a blocked bail on Maine twelve yard line by Montgomery within three minutes of play in the second half Harvard got the ball on Names twenty 1-ari line on a blocked punt, and TOUCHDOWN followed within a minute

Evening star, October 8, 1905, page 50
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EASY FOR HARVARD. Defeated the University of Maine, 90 to O. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, October 7-Without having her own goal threatened Harvard defeated the University of Maine % to 0. on Soldiers field today, scoring three times in the first half of twenty minutes and once in the second during ten minutes of play The only poor feature in the Harvard play was the holding in the line, which resulted in heavy penalties. The lighter Maine team could make but little progress against the Harvard line and usually punted on the second down. At the outset the crimson players began an onslaught on the Maine goal, which ended on the 25-yard line through heavy penalty. The ball was regained, however, and the first touchdown came in short order Harvard then rushed the ball half the length of the field for the second touchdown. The third score was due to a blocked ball on Names 12-yard line by Montgomery Within three minutes of play in the sec ond half Harvard got the ball on poor punting by Maine the latter’s 20-yard line and touchdown followed within a minute. Harvard was on the way for fifth score when Parker held and another penalty sent the crimson back. Lineup and summary:
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)
Harvard 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maine–Harvard gameHarvard leads 11–0 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1920 | Harvard 41, Maine 0 | |
| 1913 | Harvard 34, Maine 0 | |
| 1912 | Harvard 7, Maine 0 | |
| 1909 | Harvard 17, Maine 0 | |
| 1908 | Harvard 16, Maine 0 | |
| 1907 | Harvard 30, Maine 0 |
Around this game
Maine
- Next gameat BrownOct. 14, 1905
- SeasonMaine in 1905
- ProgramMaine history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BatesOct. 10, 1905
- SeasonHarvard in 1905
- ProgramHarvard history and records

