Centre vs. Harvard

Centre and Harvard first met in 1920 and have played 3 times; Harvard leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Harvard 2–⁠1.

Centre wins
1
Harvard wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1920
Longest streak
1 Harvard
Current streak
1 Harvard
Last 10 meetings
Harvard 2–⁠1
Most recent
1922

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠2
Average margin
12.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Harvard
2–⁠1 Harvard’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Coach against coach

YearsCentreSeriesHarvard
1920–⁠1922Charley Moran1–⁠2Bob Fisher

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Centre’s side (Moran 1–⁠2 against Fisher). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centre and Harvard, 1920 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 Washington times's story of the 1920 game: CENTRE FALLS BEFORE TOUGH CR|MSON|TES Kentuckians' Brilliant Individual Play Offset by Harvard's Machine.

    1920 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: |Harv1rd B0ws to Centre; |sBO' McMillin'S Touchdown Is Triumph for Dixie, 60 Praying Kentucky Coones" Break Cambridge Hearts With Victory in 80 Yard Run for Score Which Crimson Gameness Fails to Overcome De feat for No1therners Is First Since 1916

    1921 · The New York herald, Oct 30, 1921

  • The South Bend news-times's story of the 1922 game: CENTRE DEFEATED BY HARVARD TEAM IN THRILLING GAME With Battle Lost, Centre Out plays Crimson in Latter Periods of Came.

    1922 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Oct 22, 1922

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 21, 1922Harvard 24, Centre 10at Harvard
Oct 29, 1921Centre 6, Harvard 0at Harvard
Oct 23, 1920Harvard 31, Centre 14at Harvard

Every game is listed as played on the field.