Andover vs. Harvard

Andover and Harvard have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1886; Harvard leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Harvard 6–⁠0, and Harvard has won the last 6.

Andover wins
0
Harvard wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1886
Longest streak
6 Harvard
Current streak
6 Harvard
Last 10 meetings
Harvard 6–⁠0
Most recent
1894

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠3
1890s0–⁠3
Average margin
62 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Andover
0–⁠3 Andover’s record at home
At Harvard
3–⁠0 Harvard’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Harvard’s biggest win1886: Harvard 86, Andover 0by 86 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Andover and Harvard, 1886 on1300150017001890189519001905

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

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1894 game: THE GRIDIRON. Harvard Defeats. Andover.

    1894 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 7, 1894

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 6, 1894Harvard 46, Andover 0at Harvard
Oct 28, 1893Harvard 60, Andover 5at Andover
Oct 21, 1891Harvard 76, Andover 0at Andover
Oct 19, 1889Harvard 41, Andover 0at Harvard
Oct 20, 1888Harvard 68, Andover 0at Harvard
Oct 23, 1886Harvard 86, Andover 0at Andover

Every game is listed as played on the field.