Carlisle at Harvard

Saturday, October 9, 1915

Harvard beat Carlisle 29–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; Harvard leads the series 12–⁠2.

AwayCarlisle3–⁠6–⁠2 in 1915
7
HomeHarvard8–⁠1 in 1915
29

FinalHigh 56°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SCORE ON HARVARD Carlisle indians Cross Crimson Goal in Third Period. MANY SUBSTITUTES USED Cambridge Team Has Easy Time Winning, Rolling Up Twenty Nine Points.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1915, page 1

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    SCORE ON HARVARD Carlisle indians Cross Crimson Goal in Third Period. MANY SUBSTITUTES USED Cambridge Team Has Easy Time Winning, Rolling Up Twenty Nine Points. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. October s.-Harward scored a comparatively easy vic tory over the Carlisle Indians today, rolling up 20 points in three periods on fast work by the backs. In the third period. with q number of subst!tutes in the Crimson line. the Indians rushed the ball so yards. on long for ward passes and line plunges, for their only score. The most spectacular play of the game was when McKinlock intercepted forward pass in the second period and ran 10 yards for touchdown. The first Harvard eleven had no difficulty in holding the Indians on their side Of the field in the first two periods.

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: HARVARD BEAT CARLISLE. The CrimsOns Had Little Trouble in Trimming Indians.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 11, 1915, page 1

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    HARVARD BEAT CARLISLE. The CrimsOns Had Little Trouble in Trimming Indians. Cambridge, Mass, Oct 11.-Harward scored comparatively easy vic tory over the Carlisle Indians Saturday, rolling up, twenty-nine points in three periods on fast work by the backs. In the third period, with number of subs in the Crimson line the In dams rushed the ball eighty yards on long forward passes and line plunges for their only score. The most spec tacular play of the game was when McKinlock intercepted a forward pass in the second period and ran seventy yards for a touchdown. ~

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 12–⁠2 in 14 meetings.

Recent meetings
1915Harvard 29, Carlisle 7
1911Carlisle 18, Harvard 15
1908Harvard 17, Carlisle 0
1907Carlisle 23, Harvard 15
1906Harvard 5, Carlisle 0
1905Harvard 23, Carlisle 11

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