Army vs. Harvard

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

1. Army’s biggest win1950: Army 49, Harvard 0by 49 points
2. Harvard’s biggest win1900: Harvard 29, Army 0by 29 points
3. Upset1951: Harvard 22, Army 21Harvard had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1931: Harvard 14, Army 13Harvard had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1981: Army 27, Harvard 13Army had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Davidson 3–⁠0 against Harlow). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 13, 1895

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  1897 · The herald, Oct 17, 1897

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  1898 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 16, 1898

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  1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 15, 1899

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  1900 · The Seattle post-intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], Oct 21, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Harvard vs. Yale120 meetings, Harvard 50–⁠62–⁠8
• Harvard vs. Dartmouth107 meetings, Harvard 63–⁠40–⁠4
• Harvard vs. Brown104 meetings, Harvard 78–⁠24–⁠2
• Harvard vs. Princeton95 meetings, Harvard 37–⁠51–⁠7