Bates at Harvard

Saturday, October 5, 1907

Harvard beat Bates 33–⁠4. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayBates0–⁠1 in 1907
4
HomeHarvard7–⁠3 in 1907
33

FinalHigh 69°F, low 48°F, 0.49 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story: HARVARD SCORED UPON. Brilliant Kick from Placement by Cap tain of Bates Eleven.

    The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 10, 1907, page 9

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    HARVARD SCORED UPON. Brilliant Kick from Placement by Cap tain of Bates Eleven. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. s.-Harvard defeated Bates on Soldiers field this afternoon, SS to A. Bates is the finst college to score on the Harvard team this year. The score was made to-day by a brilliant placement kick by Cap tain Schumacher. Cobb, the Bates ouarterback, captured tumble by Rand on Harvard’s 23-yard line. A quarterback run was then tried with success and after that Schumacher dropped back and made one of the prettlest placement kicks that has been seen on Soldiers field in years. For Harvard, Captain Parker and Burr played conspicuously well. The line up and summary. Harvard. Position. Bates. c. Pierce, Houston .,.......,.... Grown Left End. Burr, Robinson ..,.s.....,.. McKenna Left Tackle. Parker, Gilmore ..,............ French Left Guard Grant, Nourse .,...,,......... Cochrane Center. W. Pierce, Forsheimer. .. Erskine, Cole Right Guard. Hoar, Fish, Inches ........ Schumaehe Right Tackle. Bird, Foster ..............,. Cummings Right End. Newhall, Starr ..............,.,. Cobt Quarterback. Lockwood Cutting ..... Fraser, Hull Left Half5ack. Rand, Gilbert ....... Keeney, Bridges Right Halfback. ! Brennan, Waterbury .......... Sargen Fullback.s Score, Harvard 33, Bates 4; touch downs, Brennan 3, Lockwood, Gilbert Nourse; goals from touchdowns, Par | ker 2, Gilbert 2; goals from field Burr, Schumacher; referee, A. J. Ey ans, Williams; umpire, A. M. Lang ford, Trinity; field judge, H. L. Dad muh, Worcester; timeKeeper, F. A Wood, B. A. A.; time, twenty mffut | halves

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: maine SPORT. The Bates Football Squad Starts Training Table. Team Will Make Desperate Effort to Score on Harvard. Bowdoin Athletic Council Elects Its Officers for the Year.

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 9, 1907, page 1

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    maine SPORT. The Bates Football Squad Starts Training Table. Team Will Make Desperate Effort to Score on Harvard. Bowdoin Athletic Council Elects Its Officers for the Year. Lewiston, NJ, oct. $. (SpcclhD -- Thu training table of the Bates foot bail men was started Monday night. DnIv eight men hly” been taken on thus far: rroum ‘”>. Cummings ’0H. Schumacher ‘n%. Cochran %. Fridg”s ’0S Fraser rs. cobb 90, Hull ‘oN; others viii he t:;il,n on from tim” =” time according t. The viii Of the CC”chcs Some nc}. rlayH hay” been tired out t;,:, W.”!; in preparation for til” fiarward nip tomorrow. Bate, has scored for t~o wears in .’ccsYiun “a Harvard ana viii maIl” I d”~l,i rate fry t. do il aGniu The lineup viii hr similar to Last Saturia! & against Rents Hin. The team in Il t.W supporters Will leave for Boston on III” ~” \ n. train and the following men viii be- taken: Shum’rh”r Fraser French. cobb. Cum n’:ngS. Brown Hui. Bridges. Nail”nry COLI. Sergeant. Lovely, Mck”nnry. Carroll, Erskine. Kcancy and C”chrtH. Thcrh will i” no NOR” prIcticr At Bates this week :” that by next week r”iHr :tiiI practice. VIII b. had. in prel’aIIti.n for tn” cnihy game Oct 10 \ hHndiclp track meet viii be held ON G:ir’t ON field next Saturday. in “r’l’‘r - ;i”,u-.’ NOR. interest ANA Gnd out Y H:tt material the Freshmen hav” ir their l”Imnrr. For th.: fail dual meet la* l’‘‘”n arranged between the at”*‘ re-. hn;rn ami ~” BnN,”in t’rrehni.’n. With tn” additional fratur” of {, cr’‘s--t’nnlrH run between the three upper ciH.:.”s Of III” two Institutions.

  • The New-York tribune's story: HARVARD BEATS BATES. Crimson EleUen Scored On by a Kick from Placement.

    New-York tribune, October 10, 1907, page 10

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    HARVARD BEATS BATES. Crimson EleUen Scored On by a Kick from Placement. Cambridge. Mass, Oct 9-Harvard defeated Bates at football on Soldiers Field this afternoon by score OF S3 70 = Bates IS the first college TO score on the Harvard team this year. The scOrs Was made on clever kick from placement by Cap tain Schumacher Cobb, the Bates quarterback cap tered the ball on tumble by Rand on Harvard’s 2S-yard line quarterback run was then tried with success and after that Schuma cher dropped back and made one OF the prettiest place kicks that has been seen soldiers Field in years FOR Harvard. Captain Parker and Burr PLAYED conspcuOusly we’ll The team as a whole showed improvement over last week and played an sgsresSive game, particularly on the offence The lineup follows:

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Harvard 20, Bates 0
1934Harvard 12, Bates 0
1933Harvard 33, Bates 0
1931Harvard 28, Bates 0
1929Harvard 48, Bates 0
1919Harvard 53, Bates 0

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