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Boston College vs. Harvard

Boston College and Harvard first met in 1918 and have played 3 times; Harvard leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Harvard 3–⁠0, and Harvard has won the last 3.

Boston College wins
0
Harvard wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1918
Longest streak
3 Harvard
Current streak
3 Harvard
Last 10 meetings
Harvard 3–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Harvard
3–⁠0 Harvard’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Boston College and Harvard, 1918 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 sun's story of the 1918 game: South Field HARVARD Football Team Defeats Boston College Crimson Comes Through With Bigger End Of IA to Score in Roughest Game in Years on Soldiers Field-Conley Is Hero for the Victors.

    1918 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 24, 1918

  • The Evening star's story of the 1919 game: HARVARD VICTOR, l7.O Two Marches to Touchdowans and Horween's Field Goal Beat Boston College.

    1919 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1919

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, 1944Harvard 13, Boston College 0at Harvard
Oct 4, 1919Harvard 17, Boston College 0at Harvard
Nov 23, 1918Harvard 14, Boston College 6at Harvard

Every game is listed as played on the field.