Harvard vs. Springfield
Harvard and Springfield have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1891; Harvard leads the series 14–0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 10–0, and Harvard has won the last 14. Share
- Harvard wins
- 14
- Springfield wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1891
- Longest streak
- 14 Harvard
- Current streak
- 14 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 10–0
- Most recent
- 1952
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 28.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 14–0 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1937: Harvard 54, Springfield 0by 54 points
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
1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 15, 1905
1906 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 21, 1906
1907 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 27, 1907
1919 · The sun, New York, Nov 2, 1919
1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 13, 1930
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 27, 1952 | Harvard 27, Springfield 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 22, 1951 | Harvard 21, Springfield 13 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Harvard 54, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1935 | Harvard 20, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 11, 1930 | Harvard 27, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Harvard 30, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 1, 1919 | Harvard 20, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1914 | Harvard 44, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 17, 1908 | Harvard 44, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 26, 1907 | Harvard 9, Springfield 5 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 20, 1906 | Harvard 44, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Harvard 12, Springfield 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 7, 1891 | Harvard 44, Springfield 4 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 31, 1891 | Harvard 34, Springfield 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.