Williams at Harvard
Saturday, October 11, 1913 Share
Harvard beat Williams 23–3. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 29–0.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 58°F, 0.1 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1913, page 60
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SURPRISED. HARVARD Williams Plays Crimson to StandstiII. BRIcKLEY TN SPOTLIGHT Cambridge Eleven Got Going in Final Period and Won Out, % to 3. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October IL Harvard’sS foot ball team was played to standstill for three periods today By an eleven from Williams. but in the closing moments Of the play the crimson scoring machine got into action and made three touchdowns. The final score was Harvard. q; Williams, 3. Brickley. scored three Harvard points in the second period on an easy field goal from the lS-yard line and Walker OF Williams evened matters up in the third period with. a, placement goal from the 2o-yard mark. Like Williams Held goal OF last year the score was made possible by three brilliantly executed forward passes. With the count three to three at the opening of the fourth period Coach iioughton called leading CRIMSON players back into the game frora the side lines and Brickley. Bradlee and Rollins scored touchdowns in succession The last touchdown resulted from a tumble by Williams recovered by Gilman of Harvard. The lineup and summary

The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 12, 1913, page 5
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BRICKLEY FEATURES In WILLIAMS DEFEAT Works but Short Time in Game, but Harvard Star Puts Up Bril- liant Work. Cambridge Mass. Oct. n-Harvard de feated Williams today. % to 3 in a game that was featured principally by the work OF Brickley. Harvards star full hack Brickley was in for only a short time in the first period. but in that time he made a drop kick. In the second half. Coach Haughton sent him back with the ball on Williams 40-yaFd line. Carrying the pigskin on seven rushes, BTickley put il over for the first touchdown Of the game. The other scores were made on touch downs by Bradlee and Rollins and goals Nv Storer and Milholland. A goal from placement by Walker gave Williams its CnIy score This was made from Har- Yards 3O-yard line. The visitors played a snaPpy game, but were weak on the defensive and could not hold Harvard’s aggressive attack. TIE visitors were more successful with the forward pass than their opponents, however, making practically all their games ny this play.
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Williams–Harvard gameHarvard leads 30–0 in 30 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1920 | Harvard 38, Williams 0 | |
| 1913 | Harvard 23, Williams 3 | |
| 1912 | Harvard 26, Williams 3 | |
| 1911 | Harvard 18, Williams 0 | |
| 1910 | Harvard 21, Williams 0 | |
| 1909 | Harvard 8, Williams 6 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gameat DartmouthOct. 18, 1913
- SeasonWilliams in 1913
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 18, 1913
- SeasonHarvard in 1913
- ProgramHarvard history and records
