Exeter at Harvard
Wednesday, October 5, 1892 Share
Harvard beat Exeter 62–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 43°F, 1.06 in. of rain
In the newspapers
New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 6, 1892, page 5
Read the text
HARVARD DEFEATS Phillips EXETER. Cambridge Mass, oct. especially .-Harvard played It’s second football game this afternoon against the Phillips Exeter eleven, winning by scOrc Of 80 to o. The visiting team unable TO withstand the heavy Harvard rushers. The Harvard backs aided by excellcnt Interference made long and brilliapt runs around the ends style Of play which Harvard will probably adopt this year.
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Exeter–Harvard gameHarvard leads 11–0 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1895 | Harvard 42, Exeter 0 | |
| 1894 | Harvard 48, Exeter 0 | |
| 1893 | Harvard 54, Exeter 0 | |
| 1892 | Harvard 62, Exeter 0 | |
| 1891 | Harvard 17, Exeter 0 | |
| 1890 | Harvard 41, Exeter 0 |
Around this game
Exeter
- Next gamevs. TuftsOct. 15, 1892
- SeasonExeter in 1892
- ProgramExeter history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. AmherstOct. 8, 1892
- SeasonHarvard in 1892
- ProgramHarvard history and records