Harvard vs. William & Mary
Harvard and William & Mary have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Harvard leads the series 4–0–2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Harvard 4–0, and Harvard has won the last 2. Share
- Harvard wins
- 4
- William & Mary wins
- 0
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1925
- Longest streak
- 2 Harvard
- Current streak
- 2 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 4–0
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 7.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 3–0–2 Harvard’s record at home
- At William & Mary
- 0–1 William & Mary’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1926: Harvard 27, William & Mary 7by 20 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
1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 2, 1925
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
| Nov 7, 1981 | Harvard 23, William & Mary 14 | at William & Mary | ||
| Nov 8, 1980 | Harvard 24, William & Mary 13 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1942 | Harvard 7, William & Mary 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 1, 1930 | Harvard 13, William & Mary 13 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 16, 1926 | Harvard 27, William & Mary 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 31, 1925 | Harvard 14, William & Mary 7 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.