Success in the Harvard-Yale football series has come to each team in cycles, but Fortune has smiled more often on the Blue than on the Crimson. Of the 45 games played, Yale has won 26, Harvard 13, and six have been tied.

Harvard won the opening contest in 1875 by four field goals and four touchdowns to nothing. The following year the University scored three touchdowns, but all failed of goal, and under the scoring system then in force, the lone field goal registered by the Elis outweighed the Crimson count.

The records of the Harvard-Yale series since 1883 follow: Year  Winner  H  Y 1883  Yale  2  23 1884  Yale  0  48 1885  Yale  4  29 1887  Yale  8  17 1889  Yale  0  6 1890  Harvard  12  6 1891  Yale  0  10 1892  Yale  0  6 1893  Yale  0  6 1894  Yale  4  12 1897  Tie  0  0 1898  Harvard  17  0 1899  Tie  0  0 1900  Yale  0  28 1901  Harvard  22  0 1902  Yale  0  23 1903  Yale  0  16 1904  Yale  0  12 1905  Yale  0  6 1906  Yale  0  6 1907  Yale  0  12 1908  Harvard  4  0 1909  Yale  0  8 1910  Tie  0  0 1911  Tie  0  0 1912  Harvard  20  0 1913  Harvard  15  5 1914  Harvard  36  0 1915  Harvard  41  0 1916  Yale  3  6 1919  Harvard  10  3 1920  Harvard  9  0 1921  Harvard  10  3 1922  Harvard  10  8 1923  Yale  0  13 1924  Yale  7  19 1925  Tie  0  0 1926  Yale  7  12 Games won  13  26 Games tied  .  6 Total points  269  291