Williams at Harvard

Saturday, October 12, 1912

Harvard beat Williams 26–⁠3. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 28–⁠0.

AwayWilliams1–⁠2 in 1912
3
HomeHarvard9–⁠0 in 1912
26

FinalHigh 63°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story: Williams Loses to Harvard Team on Soft. Muddy Field

    The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., October 13, 1912, page 15

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    Williams Loses to Harvard Team on Soft. Muddy Field CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Oct. IL Harvard defeated Williams today by a score OF 26 to 3, the Crimson betng scored on by field goal by MacNa- NEE The field was soft and muddy. or the total OF points scored by the Crimson would have been greater. Al the end OF the first half the score was Ii TO 0. II was a case OF brfcxiey. Harvard ali-around athlete, and rep resentative of the United States in the Olympic games at Stockholm. who romped away with two touchdowns. q field goal and a goal from placement. while he was in the line-up during the first two periods and was responsible for fifteen of Harvard’s points. The first touchdown was scored by Brickiey after four minutes OF play. after he, Wendell and H. Hardwfch had carried the ball in steady PUSHES to the Williams Vineyard line. Brick ley failed to kick goal. The second touchdown for Harvard was the result Of q muffed punt py Lewis, the Williams Quarteroack. which was recovered by Logan. who took the place OF Gardner at quarter. wendell and Brickley started to work and moved down the visitors line al ter Williams had made q stubborn stand on her one-foot line, but had to give up tho ball on downs. Brickley scored the touchdown through a LETT tackle plunge. and Hitchcock kicked the goal To cap the climax Of his brilliant work Of the afternoon. Brick lev kicked a goal from placement from the twenty eight yard line in the third period. williams carried the Harvard substitute team or Its feet near the end Of this period and In four success siye forward passes gained seventy Yards, with Lewis, Garfield, and Mac Nance al the stars for the team from the Berkshires- The Harvard line up was bewildered and MacNamee f,nalIv booted q pretty field goal for Williams from his own twenty-fouryard line.

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: WILLIAMS.

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 13, 1912, page 56

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    WILLIAMS. Sun8u utpteH. Harvard, Dana, II, FTotH- Inghana md Tyumbull for Weatherhead; n FrnfhinEham and Beebe for Storer; Wigglesworth for Parmenter; r. Frothsngham for Hitchcock: NJ. Holland and FELTON, FOR Coolidge; Logan and Bradley for Gardner; T. Hardwiek for Brickley; Bradley ard Languard for Fl, Hardwick; Hsttlo fors Wendell. Williams and Eels fcr Masof: MeNames for Driscoll; Clark fer Turner. Score. Harvard. 26: Williams 3 T0uehdowns; Briekley, ?: Betties /. Goais from touchdowns: Hitchcock. 4, Ffufhin8ham. Goals from field. Brick iey. {7); Michael. Referee; j. B. Pandie tan III Bowdoin. Umpire: r.. W. Bur leigh of Exeter, Iinesman; Il. q. Hap gopa pf Brown. Time: l2-minuta periods

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 30–⁠0 in 30 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1920Harvard 38, Williams 0
1913Harvard 23, Williams 3
1912Harvard 26, Williams 3
1911Harvard 18, Williams 0
1910Harvard 21, Williams 0
1909Harvard 8, Williams 6

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