Harvard vs. Massachusetts
Harvard and Massachusetts have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1906; Harvard leads the series 9–5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 5–4. Share
- Harvard wins
- 9
- Massachusetts wins
- 5
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1906
- Longest streak
- 3 Harvard
- Current streak
- 1 Massachusetts
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 5–4
- Most recent
- 1979
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–3 |
- Average margin
- 16.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 9–5–1 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1955: Harvard 60, Massachusetts 6by 54 points
- Massachusetts’s biggest win1977: Massachusetts 17, Harvard 0by 17 points
- Upset1954: Massachusetts 13, Harvard 7Massachusetts had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1960: Massachusetts 27, Harvard 12Massachusetts had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1977: Massachusetts 17, Harvard 0Massachusetts had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1906 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1906
1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 3, 1915
1954 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1954
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
| Sep 29, 1979 | Massachusetts 20, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1978 | Harvard 10, Massachusetts 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 24, 1977 | Massachusetts 17, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 25, 1976 | Harvard 24, Massachusetts 13 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 29, 1973 | Harvard 24, Massachusetts 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1972 | Massachusetts 28, Harvard 19 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 26, 1964 | Harvard 20, Massachusetts 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 28, 1963 | Harvard 0, Massachusetts 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 1, 1960 | Massachusetts 27, Harvard 12 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | Harvard 36, Massachusetts 22 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 1, 1955 | Harvard 60, Massachusetts 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 2, 1954 | Massachusetts 13, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 21, 1916 | Harvard 47, Massachusetts 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 2, 1915 | Harvard 7, Massachusetts 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 13, 1906 | Harvard 21, Massachusetts 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.