Harvard vs. Williams
Harvard and Williams have 30 meetings on file, the first in 1883; Harvard leads the series 30–0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 10–0, and Harvard has won the last 30. Share
- Harvard wins
- 30
- Williams wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1883
- Longest streak
- 30 Harvard
- Current streak
- 30 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 10–0
- Most recent
- 1920
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 23.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 29–0 Harvard’s record at home
- At Williams
- 0–1 Williams’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 25
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1892: Harvard 55, Williams 0by 55 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
1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 1, 1899
1900 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 4, 1900
1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Sep 28, 1902
1903 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 27, 1903
1904 · New-York tribune, Oct 2, 1904
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 16, 1920 | Harvard 38, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 11, 1913 | Harvard 23, Williams 3 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 12, 1912 | Harvard 26, Williams 3 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 14, 1911 | Harvard 18, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 8, 1910 | Harvard 21, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 9, 1909 | Harvard 8, Williams 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 10, 1908 | Harvard 10, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 12, 1907 | Harvard 18, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 22, 1906 | Harvard 7, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1905 | Harvard 12, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 28, 1904 | Harvard 24, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 23, 1903 | Harvard 17, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 27, 1902 | Harvard 11, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 28, 1901 | Harvard 16, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1900 | Harvard 12, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1899 | Harvard 29, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 24, 1898 | Harvard 11, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 25, 1897 | Harvard 20, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 26, 1896 | Harvard 6, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 16, 1895 | Harvard 32, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 24, 1894 | Harvard 32, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 14, 1893 | Harvard 52, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 15, 1892 | Harvard 55, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 17, 1891 | Harvard 26, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 13, 1890 | Harvard 38, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 16, 1889 | Harvard 41, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 17, 1888 | Harvard 14, Williams 6 | at Williams | ||
| Oct 15, 1887 | Harvard 52, Williams 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 5, 1884 | Harvard 23, Williams 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 10, 1883 | Harvard 39, Williams 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.