Williams at Harvard

Saturday, October 11, 1913

Harvard beat Williams 23–⁠3. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 29–⁠0.

AwayWilliams0–⁠2 in 1913
3
HomeHarvard9–⁠0 in 1913
23

FinalHigh 65°F, low 58°F, 0.1 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SURPRISED. HARVARD Williams Plays Crimson to StandstiII. BRIcKLEY TN SPOTLIGHT Cambridge Eleven Got Going in Final Period and Won Out, % to 3.

    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 The Washington herald's story: BRICKLEY FEATURES In WILLIAMS DEFEAT Works but Short Time in Game, but Harvard Star Puts Up Bril- liant Work.

    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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 30–⁠0 in 30 meetings, counting the one 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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