Harvard vs. Holy Cross

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

1. Harvard’s biggest win2012: Harvard 52, Holy Cross 3by 49 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win1951: Holy Cross 33, Harvard 6by 27 points
3. Upset1971: Holy Cross 21, Harvard 16Holy Cross had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1981: Holy Cross 33, Harvard 19Holy Cross had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2016: Holy Cross 27, Harvard 17Holy Cross had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Harvard’s side (Fisher 5–⁠1 against O’Donnell). 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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  1904 · The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., Nov 14, 1904

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  1911 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 8, 1911

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  1912 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 6, 1912

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  1913 · Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., Oct 20, 1913

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  1920 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Sep 26, 1920

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.

• 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
• Holy Cross vs. Colgate67 meetings, Holy Cross 30–⁠32–⁠5
• Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth60 meetings, Holy Cross 25–⁠31–⁠4
• Holy Cross vs. Boston College55 meetings, Holy Cross 19–⁠36
• Holy Cross vs. Brown49 meetings, Holy Cross 24–⁠23–⁠2