Bowdoin at Harvard
Wednesday, October 22, 1890 Share
Harvard beat Bowdoin 54–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers
The Portland daily press, Portland, Me., October 27, 1890, page 1
Read the text
PLAYED a STRONG GAME. Bowdoin’s Eleven Gives a Surprise to Harvard’s Crack Players. Boston, October 25.-The Bowdoin College foot ball eleven played their first game with a college club today at Cambridge with the Harvards. Both teams played a strong game, Bowdoin making an unexpectedly good showing. The score was: Harvards, 43; Bowdoin. 0. Horne of Bowdoin and Heard of Harvard were slightly Injured The taams were made nm as 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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bowdoin–Harvard gameHarvard leads 17–0 in 17 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 1922 | Harvard 15, Bowdoin 0 | |
| 1910 | Harvard 32, Bowdoin 0 | |
| 1909 | Harvard 17, Bowdoin 0 | |
| 1908 | Harvard 5, Bowdoin 0 | |
| 1907 | Harvard 5, Bowdoin 0 | |
| 1906 | Harvard 10, Bowdoin 0 |
Around this game
Bowdoin
- Next gameat DartmouthNov. 1, 1890
- SeasonBowdoin in 1890
- ProgramBowdoin history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. Wesleyan (CT)Oct. 25, 1890
- SeasonHarvard in 1890
- ProgramHarvard history and records