Bates at Harvard

Saturday, September 26, 1914

Harvard beat Bates 44–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 15–⁠0.

AwayBates0–⁠1 in 1914
0
HomeHarvard7–⁠0–⁠2 in 1914
44

FinalHigh 68°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: HARVARD PILES UP | ~ POINTS ON BATES Five Of Six TOuchdownS Result i'm Goals and MckilOck Gets Field Goal. MAINE MEN FAIL To SCORE

    The sun, September 27, 1914, page 15

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    HARVARD PILES UP | ~ POINTS ON BATES Five Of Six TOuchdownS Result i’m Goals and MckilOck Gets Field Goal. MAINE MEN FAIL To SCORE CAMBRtDGE. sept 26-Six tUuchdowns. nve resulting in goals. and goal from the field netted Harvards veteran foot ball eleven ~ points to-day in it’s open ing game against Bates. the showing being 80 points better than a year ngo. Bates failed to score Coach Haughton sent two complete teams into the game capt Brickley’s regisars scoring four touchdown~ In the first half and the substitutes doing the remainder ot the damage in the second. The regular team had an easy time of IT, making huge gains and stopping the at Hck of the Maine collcgian- short Bricklry made all four OF tho touch downs while ms team was IN the game, one OF them Oh = sensational run oi thirty five yards and with an interference that had = late season finish Rollins made several clever runs in the second half. one Of 30 yards Tor a touchdown while the Crimsous field goal Was mad, bV Nj kilOck from the 40 yard line and was “A beauty BOth ,eLnis put OIL a lot OF opeu foot ball. liardWick making several good gains uud both teams having fair success WIN the forward pass Harvard got away v NV Nlltf bi tIltNc passes HN’‘‘r~i illN Hardwick taking Two and Weath”rhea, one, the latter making his catch on Btt’.’‘ oUo Yard line. Rates had an open formation for D.. passes and managed t. obtain four Thrc, were short but the other which pcwevcI handled. nrtted 81 yards and put Bate inside OF Harvard’s SO yard line, Wher, hr advancement was stopped short lllr wards successful passes were fairly long made by Rollins ana Mahan to an end Crus sing over. and We’re timed splcnd!d,’ 10y Hurdwick and Wcatherhcld. Though at times playing agd.us; tl’ substitutes Bates during the game mad O. first down only four tunes tn, line

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: HARVARD CRUSHES BATES Crimson Wins by Forty-Four to Nothing Score. BRICKLEY's FAMOUS TOE IS IDLE New Field Kicker II Developed I'm MckinIOcL, who Drops Pretty Goal from Thirty-Eight- Yard Line.

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], September 27, 1914, page 3

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    HARVARD CRUSHES BATES Crimson Wins by Forty-Four to Nothing Score. BRICKLEY’s FAMOUS TOE IS IDLE New Field Kicker II Developed I’m MckinIOcL, who Drops Pretty Goal from Thirty-Eight- Yard Line. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 26.--IIar, wards foot ball machine got into action for its first game OF the season today, and overwhelmed Bates, a to 0. Brick leys famous toe was given no work. but the Crimson developed a new field kicker In McKinloch. who dropped a pretty goal from the thirty-eight-yard line. Rollins, another Harvard substitute, made the longest run OF the game, fitty-five yards. for touchdown. Numerous forward passed were tried by both teams, but in this department Bates proved far superior. presenting an unusual formation, in which three men were sent out of the right wing

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Harvard Swamps Bates

    The Birmingham age-herald, September 27, 1914, page 14

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    Harvard Swamps Bates Cambridge. Mass. September 26.-Har- wards football machine. in it’s first game of the season. today overwhelmed Bates, A to O. Brickley’s famous toe was given no work, but the Crimson developed a new field kicker in McKinloch. Bates forward pass work was superior to Harvard’s,

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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the seven 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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