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UNIVERSITY HAS WON ONLY NINE YALE CONTESTS SINCE 1875

ELI TEAM CREDITED WITH TWENTY THREE VICTORIES IN COURSE OF THIRTY-SEVEN GAMES--FIVE TIMES THE CRIMSON AND BLUE HAVE BATTLED TO A TIE-SCORE RESULT.

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Since the first Harvard-Yale game in 1875 the two rivals have met thirty-seven times, while seven times no game was played. Five of the series were tie-games; of the rest Yale has won 23 and Harvard has won nine, with the following scores:

1875--Harvard, 4 goals, 2 touchdowns; Yale, 0.

1876--Yale, 1 goal; Harvard, 2 touchdowns (not counted).

1877--No game.

1879--Draw game.

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1880--Yale, 1 goal, 1 touchdown; Harvard, 0.

1881--Yale, 0; Harvard, 4 safeties (Yale declared winner).

1882--Yale, 1 goal, 3 touchdowns; Harvard 2 goals.

1883--Yale, 23; Harvard 2.

1884--Yale, 48; Harvard 0.

1885--Game prohibited by faculty.

1886--Yale, 29; Harvard, 4.

1887--Yale, 17; Harvard, 8.

1888--Yale, 17; Harvard, 8.

1889--Yale, 6; Harvard, 0.

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