Harvard vs. Rutgers
Harvard and Rutgers have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1946; Rutgers leads the series 3–2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Rutgers 3–2. Share
- Harvard wins
- 2
- Rutgers wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1946
- Longest streak
- 2 Rutgers
- Current streak
- 1 Rutgers
- Last 10 meetings
- Rutgers 3–2
- Most recent
- 1974
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 19.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 2–3 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1970: Harvard 39, Rutgers 9by 30 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win1947: Rutgers 31, Harvard 7by 24 points
- Upset1946: Rutgers 13, Harvard 0Rutgers had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1974: Rutgers 24, Harvard 21Rutgers had a 30% 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
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 5, 1974 | Rutgers 24, Harvard 21 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | Harvard 39, Rutgers 9 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1963 | Harvard 28, Rutgers 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 1, 1947 | Rutgers 31, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 2, 1946 | Rutgers 13, 17Harvard 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.