Today's game with Yale will be the 41st meeting between football teams of the two colleges. The first Harvard-Yale game was played in New Haven in 1875. Since that date Harvard has won 12 games and Yale 23, while five times the rivals have battled to a tie.
Following is the record of nearly half a century of Crimson-Blue conflicts:
1875.--Harvard, 4 goals, 2 touchdowns; Yale 0.
1876.--Yale, 1 goal; Harvard, 2 touchdowns (not counted).
1877.--No game.
1878.--No game.
1879.--Draw game.
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.
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