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Harvard vs. Ohio

Harvard and Ohio have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1953; Harvard leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Harvard 3–⁠0, and Harvard has won the last 3.

Harvard wins
3
Ohio wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1953
Longest streak
3 Harvard
Current streak
3 Harvard
Last 10 meetings
Harvard 3–⁠0
Most recent
1957

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠0
Average margin
12.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Harvard
3–⁠0 Harvard’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Harvard and Ohio, 1953 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1953 game: .CIasbYL Leads Harvard To $50 Victory Over Ohio U. in Opener

    1953 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: |Stohuro Scores Twice As Harvard Tops Ohio

    1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 13, 1957

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 12, 1957Harvard 14, Ohio 7at Harvard
Oct 30, 1954Harvard 27, Ohio 13at Harvard
Oct 3, 1953Harvard 16, Ohio 0at Harvard

Every game is listed as played on the field.