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Massachusetts at Harvard

Saturday, October 13, 1906

Harvard beat Massachusetts 21–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMassachusetts1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1906
0
HomeHarvard10–⁠1 in 1906
21

FinalHigh 53°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: EASY FOR HARVARD. Massachusetts, Aggies vainly Tried to Make a Down

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1906, page 1

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    EASY FOR HARVARD. Massachusetts, Aggies vainly Tried to Make a Down CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October 13.-The Harvard foot ball team defeated the Massachusetts Agricultural eleven today. q to o. After playing mainly on the defensive in the first half. Harvard changed tactics I’m the second and made their last two touch downs by rushing the ball. Harvard made more than seventy yards each time. Kers-

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Massachusetts–Harvard game

Harvard leads 9–⁠5–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1979Massachusetts 20, Harvard 7
1978Harvard 10, Massachusetts 0
1977Massachusetts 17, Harvard 0
1976Harvard 24, Massachusetts 13
1973Harvard 24, Massachusetts 7
1972Massachusetts 28, Harvard 19

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