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teams of Harvard and Yale

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have been meeting nearly annually since their first game on November 13, 1875. For an overview of these matches, see The Game.

Following is a table of dates, scores and venues of Harvard-Yale games. http://www.the-game.org/history-scores.htm http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/yahaseries.asp All games were played on Saturdays except those in 1883 and 1887 when the game was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Since 1945 the Game has been played in New Haven, Connecticut

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in odd years and in Allston, Massachusetts in even years.

As of November 2011, 128 games have been played. Yale has 65 wins and Harvard has 55 wins (8 games ended as ties). Yale has the longest winning streak (eight - 1880-1889); the second longest winning streak is six (Harvard: 2001-2005; Yale: 1902-1907); and the current winning streak is five (Harvard: 2007-2011).

Results

Harvard victories are shown in ██ crimson, Yale victories in ██ blue, and tie games in ██ light gray. The - symbol denotes a skipped year.

Game	Date	Winning Team	Score	Venue	Notes
1	November 13, 1875	Harvard	4g,2t–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven	Until 1883, goals from a kick ("g") and touchdowns ("t") were tracked separately, and in 1875 and 1876, touchdowns did not count for a score. Harvard Crimson - 1905
2	November 18, 1876	Yale	1g–2t	Hamilton Park, New Haven	Harvard Crimson - 1905
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3	November 23, 1878	Yale	1g–0	South End Grounds South End Grounds South End Grounds refers to any one of three baseball parks on one site in Boston, Massachusetts. They were home to the Boston club in the National Association and the National League from 1871 to 1914.... , Boston	Between 1877 and 1882, a touchdown counted for 1/4 of a goal. Harvard Crimson - 1905
4	November 8, 1879	Tie	0–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven
5	November 20, 1880	Yale	1g,1t–0	South End Grounds, Boston	Between 1877 and 1882, a touchdown counted for 1/4 of a goal. Harvard Crimson - 1905
6	November 12, 1881	Yale	0–4s	Hamilton Park, New Haven	Yale was awarded victory on safeties, as, in a tie, the team having 4 or more safeties than the other would lose. Harvard Crimson - 1905
7	November 25, 1882	Yale	1g,3t-0	Holmes Field, Cambridge	Between 1877 and 1882, a touchdown counted for 1/4 of a goal. Harvard Crimson - 1905
8	November 29, 1883	Yale	23–2	Polo Grounds Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963... , New York	Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
9	November 22, 1884	Yale	52–0	Yale Field Yale Field (1884) Yale Field was a stadium in New Haven, Connecticut. It hosted the Yale University Bulldogs football team until they moved to the Yale Bowl in 1914. The stadium held 33,000 people at its peak. The first game at Yale Field was on October 1, 1884 against Wesleyan University.... , New Haven
	—				Harvard banned football in 1885 http://www.the-game.org/history-timeline-harvard.htm
10	November 20, 1886	Yale	29–4	Jarvis Field, Cambridge
11	November 24, 1887	Yale	17–8	Polo Grounds Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963... , New York	Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
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12	November 23, 1889	Yale	6–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
13	November 22, 1890	Harvard	12–6	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
14	November 21, 1891	Yale	10–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
15	November 19, 1892	Yale	6–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts	Harvard introduced flying wedge Flying wedge A flying wedge is a configuration created from a body moving forward in a triangular formation. This V-shaped arrangement began as a successful military strategy in ancient times when infantry units would move forward in wedge formations to smash through an enemy's lines... formation
16	November 25, 1893	Yale	6–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts	New York Times game preview and lineups http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E0DC153EEF33A2575AC1A9679D94629ED7CF
17	November 24, 1894	Yale	12–4	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
	—				The 1894 game was so violent that the series was suspended for two years http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_11/football.html
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18	November 13, 1897	Tie	0–0	Soldiers Field, Cambridge
19	November 19, 1898	Harvard	17–0	Yale Field, New Haven
20	November 18, 1899	Tie	0–0	Soldiers Field, Cambridge
21	November 24, 1900	Yale	28–0	Yale Field, New Haven
22	November 23, 1901	Harvard	22–0	Soldiers Field, Cambridge
23	November 22, 1902	Yale	23–0	Yale Field, New Haven
24	November 21, 1903	Yale	16–0	Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in 1903, the stadium seats 30,323. The stadium seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands were installed in the north end of the stadium in 1929... , Allston
25	November 19, 1904	Yale	12–0	Yale Field, New Haven
26	November 25, 1905	Yale	6–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
27	November 24, 1906	Yale	6–0	Yale Field, New Haven
28	November 23, 1907 1907 college football season The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed , while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there...	Yale	12–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
29	November 21, 1908	Harvard	4–0	Yale Field, New Haven	HOF Harvard Coach Percy Haughton Percy Haughton Percy Duncan Haughton was an American football and baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as head football coach at Cornell University from 1899 to 1900, at Harvard University from 1908 to 1916, and at Columbia University from 1923 to 1924, compiling a career college football... allegedly strangled a live bulldog to death with his bare hands in the locker room before the game to motivate his players to victory.http://thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2001/11/15/great-moments-in-the-history-of/
30	November 20, 1909	Yale	8–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
31	November 19, 1910	Tie	0–0	Yale Field, New Haven
32	November 25, 1911	Tie	0–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
33	November 23, 1912	Harvard	20–0	Yale Field, New Haven
34	November 22, 1913	Harvard	15–5	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Electrical World article on The Game http://earlyradiohistory.us/1913foot.htm
35	November 21, 1914	Harvard	15–5	Yale Bowl Yale Bowl The Yale Bowl is a football stadium in New Haven, Connecticut on the border of West Haven, about 1½ miles west of Yale's main campus. Completed in 1914, the stadium seats 61,446, reduced by renovations from the original capacity of 70,869... , New Haven	Image of The Game http://mssa.library.yale.edu/madid/showzoom.php?imgNum=2713
36	November 20, 1915	Harvard	41–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
37	November 25, 1916	Yale	3–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
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38	November 22, 1919	Harvard	10–3	Harvard Stadium, Allston
39	November 20, 1920	Harvard	9–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven	80,000 fans attended http://www.yale.edu/opa/v28.n13/story11.html
40	November 19, 1921	Harvard	10–3	Harvard Stadium, Allston
41	November 25, 1922	Harvard	10–3	Yale Bowl, New Haven
42	November 24, 1923	Yale	13–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
43	November 22, 1924	Yale	19–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
44	November 21, 1925	Tie	0–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
45	November 20, 1926	Yale	12–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
46	November 19, 1927	Yale	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
47	November 24, 1928	Harvard	17–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
48	November 23, 1929	Harvard	10–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston
49	November 22, 1930	Harvard	13–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
50	November 21, 1931	Yale	3–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
51	November 19, 1932	Yale	19–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Time Magazine article on The Game http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744805,00.html
52	November 25, 1933	Harvard	19–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston
53	November 24, 1934	Yale	14–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
54	November 23, 1935	Yale	14–7	Harvard Stadium, Allston	In 1935 Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... was an assistant coach for Yale http://www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/fordbiop.htm
55	November 21, 1936	Yale	14–13	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Game featured 1936 Heisman winner Larry Kelley Larry Kelley Lawrence Morgan "Larry" Kelley was an American football player born in Conneaut, Ohio. He played end, for Yale University. While at Yale he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Skull and Bones, and was the second winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1936, the year it was renamed in honor... http://www.heisman.com/winners/l-kelley36.html
56	November 20, 1937	Harvard	13–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Game featured 1937 Heisman winner Clint Frank Clint Frank Clinton E. Frank was an American football player. He played halfback for Yale University.-College years:... http://www.heisman.com/winners/c-frank37.html
57	November 19, 1938	Harvard	7–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
58	November 25, 1939	Yale	20–7	Harvard Stadium, Allston
59	November 23, 1940	Harvard	28–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
60	November 22, 1941	Harvard	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
61	November 21, 1942	Yale	7–3	Yale Bowl, New Haven
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62	December 1, 1945	Yale	28–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
63	November 23, 1946	Yale	27–14	Harvard Stadium, Allston
64	November 22, 1947	Yale	31–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
65	November 20, 1948	Harvard	20–7	Harvard Stadium, Allston
66	November 19, 1949	Yale	29–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Game featured Yale captain Levi Jackson Levi Jackson Levi Jackson , a football standout at Hillhouse High School , was the first African-American football captain at Yale University, and the first African-American executive at Ford Motor Company. He was a member of the Yale Class of 1950, and captained the 1949 football team, the election taken soon...
67	November 25, 1950	Yale	14–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston
68	November 24, 1951	Tie	21–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
69	November 22, 1952	Yale	41–14	Harvard Stadium, Allston
70	November 21, 1953	Harvard	13–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
71	November 20, 1954	Harvard	13–9	Harvard Stadium, Allston
72	November 19, 1955	Yale	21–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history... caught Harvard touchdown pass http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,940066,00.html
73	November 24, 1956	Yale	42–14	Harvard Stadium, Allston
74	November 23, 1957	Yale	54–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
75	November 22, 1958	Harvard	28–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
76	November 21, 1959	Harvard	35–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
77	November 19, 1960	Yale	39–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston
78	November 25, 1961	Harvard	27–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
79	November 24, 1962	Harvard	14–6	Harvard Stadium, Allston
80	November 30, 1963	Yale	20–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
81	November 21, 1964	Harvard	18–14	Harvard Stadium, Allston
82	November 20, 1965	Harvard	23–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
83	November 19, 1966	Harvard	17–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
84	November 25, 1967	Yale	24–20	Yale Bowl, New Haven
85 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game The 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game was an American college football game between the team of Yale University and the team of Harvard University played on November 23, 1968. The game ended in a tie with a score of 29–29...	November 23, 1968	Tie	29–29	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Subject of 2008 documentary film Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 is a 2008 documentary by filmmaker Kevin Rafferty, covering the 1968 meeting between the football teams of Yale and Harvard in their storied rivalry... http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/movies/19harv.html. Recap of game http://www.nd.edu/~tmandell/harvard.html
86	November 22, 1969	Yale	7–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
87	November 21, 1970	Harvard	14–12	Harvard Stadium, Allston
88	November 20, 1971	Harvard	35–16	Yale Bowl, New Haven
89	November 25, 1972	Yale	28–17	Harvard Stadium, Allston
90	November 24, 1973	Yale	35–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
91	November 23, 1974	Harvard	21–16	Harvard Stadium, Allston
92	November 22, 1975	Harvard	10–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
93	November 13, 1976	Yale	21–7	Harvard Stadium, Allston
94	November 12, 1977	Yale	24–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
95	November 18, 1978	Yale	35–28	Harvard Stadium, Allston
96	November 17, 1979	Harvard	22–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
97	November 22, 1980	Yale	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
98	November 21, 1981	Yale	28–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
99	November 20, 1982	Harvard	45-7	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Harvard and Yale moved to NCAA Division I-AA, MIT pulled the famous weather ballon prank.
100	November 19, 1983	Harvard	16–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
101	November 17, 1984	Yale	30–27	Harvard Stadium, Allston
102	November 23, 1985	Yale	17–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
103	November 22, 1986	Harvard	24–17	Harvard Stadium, Allston
104	November 21, 1987	Harvard	14–10	Yale Bowl, New Haven
105	November 19, 1988	Yale	26–17	Harvard Stadium, Allston
106	November 18, 1989	Harvard	37–20	Yale Bowl, New Haven
107	November 17, 1990	Yale	34–19	Harvard Stadium, Allston	MIT Fired a rocket with an MIT banner over the goal post
108	November 23, 1991	Yale	23–13	Yale Bowl, New Haven
109	November 21, 1992	Harvard	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
110	November 20, 1993	Yale	33–31	Yale Bowl, New Haven
111	November 19, 1994	Yale	32–13	Harvard Stadium, Allston
112	November 18, 1995	Harvard	22–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
113	November 23, 1996	Harvard	26–21	Harvard Stadium, Allston
114	November 22, 1997	Harvard	17–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
115	November 21, 1998	Yale	9–7	Harvard Stadium, Allston
116	November 20, 1999	Yale	24–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
117	November 18, 2000	Yale	34–24	Harvard Stadium, Allston
118	November 17, 2001	Harvard	35–23	Yale Bowl, New Haven
119	November 23, 2002	Harvard	30–13	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Images from The Game http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/gallery/harvard_yale_game/01.html
120	November 22, 2003	Harvard	37–19	Yale Bowl, New Haven	53,136 fans attended http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/112203aaa.html
121	November 20, 2004	Harvard	35–3	Harvard Stadium, Allston	Recap http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2004/11/20-thegame.html Yale pulled a high-profile prank.
122	November 19, 2005	Harvard	30–24 (3OT)	Yale Bowl, New Haven
123	November 18, 2006	Yale	34–13	Harvard Stadium, Allston
124	November 17, 2007	Harvard	37–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
125	November 22, 2008	Harvard	10–0	Harvard Stadium, Allston
126	November 21, 2009	Harvard	14-10	Yale Bowl, New Haven
127	November 20, 2010	Harvard	28-21	Harvard Stadium, Allston
128	November 19, 2011	Harvard	45-7	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Tragic fatal U-Haul crash during tailgate.http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/nov/20/three-hospitalized-after-uhaul-crash/ Same score as Harvard record-setting 1982 game.

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