Harvard vs. Middlebury

Harvard and Middlebury first met in 1921 and have played 5 times; Harvard leads the series 4–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Harvard 4–⁠0, and Harvard has won the last 2.

Harvard wins
4
Middlebury wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1921
Longest streak
2 Harvard
Current streak
2 Harvard
Last 10 meetings
Harvard 4–⁠0
Most recent
1925

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s4–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
22.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Harvard
4–⁠0–⁠1 Harvard’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Harvard’s biggest win1925: Harvard 68, Middlebury 0by 68 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Harvard and Middlebury, 1921 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Morning Tulsa daily world's story of the 1921 game: HARVARD SCORES TWO SHUT0UTS Crimson Beats Boston Col lege and Middlebury in Grid Opening

    1921 · The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., Sep 25, 1921

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1922 game: Harvard 'I'riu11nphs y ver Middlebury. College Eleven, 200

    1922 · New-York tribune, Oct 1, 1922

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1923 game: Middlebury Holds Harvard to &c Score

    1923 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 15, 1923

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1924 game: Harvard Scores Is to 6 Victory From Middlebury

    1924 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 13, 1924

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 10, 1925Harvard 68, Middlebury 0at Harvard
Oct 11, 1924Harvard 16, Middlebury 6at Harvard
Oct 13, 1923Harvard 6, Middlebury 6at Harvard
Sep 30, 1922Harvard 20, Middlebury 0at Harvard
Sep 24, 1921Harvard 16, Middlebury 0at Harvard

Every game is listed as played on the field.