The Game
Harvard vs. Yale
120 of their 141 meetings are on file, the first in 1875; officially, Yale leads 72–61–8; as played, 62–50–8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 7–3, and Yale has won the last 4. The official count covers every meeting. Share
- Official series
- Yale leads 72–61–8
- Harvard wins on file
- 50
- Yale wins on file
- 62
- Ties
- 8
- Earliest on file
- 1875
- Longest streak
- 9 Harvard
- Current streak
- 4 Yale
- Last 10 meetings
- Yale 7–3
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13.1 points; 47 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 22–26–5 Harvard’s record at home
- At Yale
- 36–26–3 Yale’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Harvard first
- Shutouts
- 48
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1915: Harvard 41, Yale 0by 41 points
- Yale’s biggest win1957: Yale 54, Harvard 0by 54 points
- Upset1979: Harvard 22, Yale 7Harvard had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2016: Yale 21, Harvard 14Yale had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1930: Harvard 13, Yale 0Harvard had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Harvard | Series | Yale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890–1892 | George A. Stewart & George C. Adams | 1–2 | Walter Camp |
| 1920–1925 | Bob Fisher | 3–2–1 | Tad Jones |
| 1928–1930 | Arnold Horween | 3–0 | Mal Stevens |
| 1935–1940 | Dick Harlow | 3–3 | Ducky Pond |
| 1942–1947 | Dick Harlow | 0–4 | Howard Odell |
| 1952–1956 | Lloyd Jordan | 2–3 | Jordan Olivar |
| 1957–1962 | John Yovicsin | 4–2 | Jordan Olivar |
| 1965–1970 | John Yovicsin | 3–2–1 | Carmen Cozza |
| 1971–1981 | Joseph Restic | 4–7 | Carmen Cozza |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Harvard’s side (Adams 1–2 against Camp). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
1875 · The New York herald, New York [N.Y.], Nov 14, 1875
1881 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 13, 1881
1882 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 26, 1882
1887 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 25, 1887
1889 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 24, 1889
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2014.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Photos
Photo: Andrew Fong from Cambridge, MA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Fong from Cambridge, MA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Fong from Cambridge, MA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Fong from Cambridge, MA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Harvard 36, Yale 0Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Yale – Harvard, 1914Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
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From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).
Every game
| Nov 21, 2026 | Yale vs. Harvard upcoming | Fenway Park | ||
| Nov 22, 2025 | Yale 45, Harvard 28 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 2024 | Yale 34, Harvard 29 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 18, 2023 | Yale 23, Harvard 18 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 2022 | Yale 19, Harvard 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 20, 2021 | Harvard 34, Yale 31 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 2019 | Yale 50, Harvard 43 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 17, 2018 | Harvard 45, Yale 27 | Fenway Park | ||
| Nov 18, 2017 | Yale 24, Harvard 3 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 2016 | Yale 21, Harvard 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 2015 | Harvard 38, Yale 19 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 2014 | Harvard 31, Yale 24 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 23, 2013 | Harvard 34, Yale 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 17, 2012 | Harvard 34, Yale 24 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 2011 | Harvard 45, Yale 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 2010 | Harvard 28, Yale 21 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 2009 | Harvard 14, Yale 10 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 2008 | Harvard 10, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 17, 2007 | Harvard 37, Yale 6 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 18, 2006 | Yale 34, Harvard 13 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 2005 | Harvard 30, Yale 24 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 2004 | Harvard 35, Yale 3 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 22, 2003 | Harvard 37, Yale 19 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1981 | Yale 28, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1980 | Yale 14, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 17, 1979 | Harvard 22, Yale 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 18, 1978 | Yale 35, Harvard 28 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 12, 1977 | Yale 24, Harvard 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 13, 1976 | Yale 21, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1975 | Harvard 10, Yale 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1974 | Harvard 21, Yale 16 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1973 | Yale 35, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1972 | Yale 28, Harvard 17 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 20, 1971 | Harvard 35, Yale 16 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1970 | Harvard 14, Yale 12 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1969 | Yale 7, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1968 | Harvard 29, Yale 29 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 25, 1967 | Yale 24, Harvard 20 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 1966 | Harvard 17, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 20, 1965 | Harvard 13, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1964 | Harvard 18, Yale 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 30, 1963 | Yale 20, Harvard 6 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 24, 1962 | Harvard 14, Yale 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 25, 1961 | Harvard 27, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 1960 | 14Yale 39, Harvard 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 1959 | Harvard 35, Yale 6 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1958 | Harvard 28, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 23, 1957 | Yale 54, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 24, 1956 | Yale 42, Harvard 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1955 | Yale 21, Harvard 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1954 | Harvard 13, Yale 9 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 1953 | Harvard 13, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1952 | Yale 41, Harvard 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1951 | Yale 21, Harvard 21 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1950 | Yale 14, Harvard 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1949 | Yale 29, Harvard 6 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1948 | Harvard 20, Yale 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1947 | Yale 31, Harvard 21 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1946 | 15Yale 27, Harvard 14 | at Harvard | ||
| Dec 1, 1945 | Yale 28, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1942 | Yale 7, Harvard 3 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1941 | Harvard 14, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 23, 1940 | Harvard 28, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1939 | Yale 20, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1938 | Harvard 7, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1937 | Harvard 13, 5Yale 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 1936 | Yale 14, Harvard 13 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1935 | Yale 14, Harvard 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1934 | Yale 14, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1933 | Harvard 19, Yale 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1932 | Yale 19, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1931 | Yale 3, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1930 | Harvard 13, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1929 | Harvard 10, Yale 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1928 | Harvard 17, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 1927 | Yale 14, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 20, 1926 | Yale 12, Harvard 7 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1925 | Harvard 0, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1924 | Yale 19, Harvard 6 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 24, 1923 | Yale 13, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 25, 1922 | Harvard 10, Yale 3 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 1921 | Harvard 10, Yale 3 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 20, 1920 | Harvard 9, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1919 | Harvard 10, Yale 3 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 25, 1916 | Yale 6, Harvard 3 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1915 | Harvard 41, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 1914 | Harvard 36, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1913 | Harvard 15, Yale 5 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 23, 1912 | Harvard 20, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1911 | Harvard 0, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1910 | Yale 0, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1909 | Yale 8, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 21, 1908 | Harvard 4, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1907 | Yale 12, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1906 | Yale 6, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1905 | Yale 6, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1904 | Yale 12, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1903 | Yale 16, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1902 | Yale 23, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1901 | Harvard 22, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1900 | Yale 28, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 18, 1899 | Harvard 0, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 19, 1898 | Harvard 17, Yale 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 13, 1897 | Harvard 0, Yale 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 24, 1894 | Yale 12, Harvard 4 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1893 | Yale 6, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 19, 1892 | Yale 6, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 21, 1891 | Yale 10, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 22, 1890 | Harvard 12, Yale 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 23, 1889 | Yale 6, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 24, 1887 | Yale 17, Harvard 8 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1886 | Yale 29, Harvard 4 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 22, 1884 | Yale 52, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 29, 1883 | Yale 23, Harvard 2 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 25, 1882 | Yale 1, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 12, 1881 | Yale 1, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 20, 1880 | Yale 1, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 8, 1879 | Yale 0, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 23, 1878 | Yale 1, Harvard 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 18, 1876 | Yale 1, Harvard 0 | at Yale | ||
| Nov 13, 1875 | Harvard 4, Yale 0 | at Yale |
Every game is listed as played on the field.