Bates vs. Harvard
Bates and Harvard first met in 1899 and have played 22 times; Harvard leads the series 22–0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 10–0, and Harvard has won the last 22. Share
- Bates wins
- 0
- Harvard wins
- 22
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1899
- Longest streak
- 22 Harvard
- Current streak
- 22 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 10–0
- Most recent
- 1939
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–4 |
- Average margin
- 25.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 22–0 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 18
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1919: Harvard 53, Bates 0by 53 points
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
1899 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 19, 1899
1900 · The evening times, Oct 18, 1900
1901 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 7, 1901
1902 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 6, 1902
1903 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 10, 1903
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 7, 1939 | Harvard 20, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 6, 1934 | Harvard 12, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 7, 1933 | Harvard 33, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1931 | Harvard 28, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1929 | Harvard 48, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 27, 1919 | Harvard 53, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1916 | Harvard 26, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 26, 1914 | Harvard 44, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 4, 1913 | Harvard 14, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1911 | Harvard 15, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 24, 1910 | Harvard 22, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 25, 1909 | Harvard 11, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1908 | Harvard 18, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1907 | Harvard 33, Bates 4 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 6, 1906 | Harvard 27, Bates 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1905 | Harvard 34, Bates 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 12, 1904 | Harvard 11, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 7, 1903 | Harvard 23, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 4, 1902 | Harvard 23, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1901 | Harvard 16, Bates 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 17, 1900 | Harvard 41, Bates 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 18, 1899 | Harvard 29, Bates 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.