Amherst vs. Harvard
Amherst and Harvard first met in 1878 and have played 25 times; Harvard leads the series 24–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 9–1, and Harvard has won the last 5. Share
- Amherst wins
- 1
- Harvard wins
- 24
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1878
- Longest streak
- 19 Harvard
- Current streak
- 5 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 9–1
- Most recent
- 1940
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1880s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 0–12 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 32.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Amherst
- 0–3 Amherst’s record at home
- At Harvard
- 21–1 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 21
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Amherst’s biggest win1903: Amherst 5, Harvard 0by 5 points
- Harvard’s biggest win1888: Harvard 102, Amherst 0by 102 points
- Upset1903: Amherst 5, Harvard 0Amherst had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1895 · The herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], Oct 10, 1895
1897 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 14, 1897
1898 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 13, 1898
1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 12, 1899
1900 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 11, 1900
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 5, 1940 | Harvard 13, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Harvard 38, Amherst 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 19, 1912 | Harvard 46, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 21, 1911 | Harvard 11, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 15, 1910 | Harvard 17, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1903 | Amherst 5, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 8, 1902 | Harvard 6, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 9, 1901 | Harvard 11, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1900 | Harvard 18, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 11, 1899 | Harvard 41, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 8, 1898 | Harvard 53, Amherst 2 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 9, 1897 | Harvard 38, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1895 | Harvard 24, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 20, 1894 | Harvard 30, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 7, 1893 | Harvard 32, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 2, 1892 | Harvard 32, Amherst 10 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 8, 1892 | Harvard 26, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 24, 1891 | Harvard 39, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1891 | Harvard 18, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 15, 1890 | Harvard 64, Amherst 0 | at Amherst | ||
| Oct 11, 1890 | Harvard 74, Amherst 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 3, 1888 | Harvard 102, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 22, 1887 | Harvard 98, Amherst 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 28, 1882 | Harvard 1, Amherst 0 | at Amherst | ||
| Nov 9, 1878 | Harvard 3, Amherst 0 | at Amherst |
Every game is listed as played on the field.