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The football teams of Harvard and Yale 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. [1] [2] All games were played on Saturdays except those in 1883 and 1887 when the game was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
As of December 2006, 123 games have been played. Yale has 65 wins and Harvard has 50 wins. Eight games ended in ties.

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Results

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Results

Harvard victories are shown in ██ crimson, Yale victories in ██ blue, and tie games in ██ light gray.

Game	Date	Winning Team	Score	Venue	Notes
1	November 13, 1875	Harvard	4–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven	[3]
2	November 18, 1876	Yale	1–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven
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3	November 23, 1878	Yale	1–0	South End Grounds, Boston
4	November 8, 1879	Tie	0–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven
5	November 20, 1880	Yale	1–0	South End Grounds, Boston
6	November 12, 1881	Yale	0–0	Hamilton Park, New Haven	Yale was awarded victory on safeties [4]
7	November 25, 1882	Yale	1–0	Holmes Field, Cambridge
8	November 29, 1883	Yale	23–2	Polo Grounds, New York	Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
9	November 22, 1884	Yale	52–0	Yale Field, New Haven
	—				Harvard banned football in 1885 [5]
10	November 20, 1886	Yale	29–4	Jarvis Field, Cambridge
11	November 24, 1887	Yale	17–8	Polo Grounds, New York	Match was played on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
	—
12	November 23, 1889	Yale	6–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
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 formation
16	November 25, 1893	Yale	6–0	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
17	November 24, 1894	Yale	12–4	Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
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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, Cambridge
25	November 19, 1904	Yale	12–0	Yale Field, New Haven
26	November 25, 1905	Yale	6–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
27	November 24, 1906	Yale	6–0	Yale Field, New Haven
28	November 23, 1907	Yale	12–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
29	November 21, 1908	Harvard	4–0	Yale Field, New Haven
30	November 20, 1909	Yale	8–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
31	November 19, 1910	Tie	0–0	Yale Field, New Haven
32	November 25, 1911	Tie	0–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
33	November 23, 1912	Harvard	20–0	Yale Field, New Haven
34	November 22, 1913	Harvard	15–5	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	''Electrical World'' article on The Game [6]
35	November 21, 1914	Harvard	15–5	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Image of The Game [7]
36	November 20, 1915	Harvard	41–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
37	November 25, 1916	Yale	3–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
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38	November 22, 1919	Harvard	10–3	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
39	November 20, 1920	Harvard	9–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven	80,000 fans attended [8]
40	November 19, 1921	Harvard	10–3	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
41	November 25, 1922	Harvard	10–3	Yale Bowl, New Haven
42	November 24, 1923	Yale	13–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
43	November 22, 1924	Yale	19–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
44	November 21, 1925	Tie	0–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
45	November 20, 1926	Yale	12–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
46	November 19, 1927	Yale	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
47	November 24, 1928	Harvard	17–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
48	November 23, 1929	Harvard	10–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
49	November 22, 1930	Harvard	13–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
50	November 21, 1931	Yale	3–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
51	November 19, 1932	Yale	19–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven	''Time Magazine'' article on The Game [9]
52	November 25, 1933	Harvard	19–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
53	November 24, 1934	Yale	14–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
54	November 23, 1935	Yale	14–7	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	In 1935 Gerald Ford was an assistant coach for Yale [10]
55	November 21, 1936	Yale	14–13	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Game featured 1936 Heisman winner Larry Kelley [11]
56	November 20, 1937	Harvard	13–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	Game featured 1937 Heisman winner Clint Frank [12]
57	November 19, 1938	Harvard	7–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
58	November 25, 1939	Yale	20–7	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
59	November 23, 1940	Harvard	28–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
60	November 22, 1941	Harvard	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
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, Cambridge
64	November 22, 1947	Yale	31–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
65	November 20, 1948	Harvard	20–7	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
66	November 19, 1949	Yale	29–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
67	November 25, 1950	Yale	14–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
68	November 24, 1951	Tie	21–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
69	November 22, 1952	Yale	41–14	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
70	November 21, 1953	Harvard	13–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
71	November 20, 1954	Harvard	13–9	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
72	November 19, 1955	Yale	21–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Ted Kennedy caught Harvard touchdown pass [13]
73	November 24, 1956	Yale	42–14	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
74	November 23, 1957	Yale	54–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
75	November 22, 1958	Harvard	28–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
76	November 21, 1959	Harvard	35–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
77	November 19, 1960	Yale	39–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
78	November 25, 1961	Harvard	27–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
79	November 24, 1962	Harvard	14–6	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
80	November 30, 1963	Yale	20–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
81	November 21, 1964	Harvard	18–14	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
82	November 20, 1965	Harvard	23–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
83	November 19, 1966	Harvard	17–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
84	November 25, 1967	Yale	24–20	Yale Bowl, New Haven
85	November 23, 1968	Tie	29–29	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	Recap of The Game [14]
86	November 22, 1969	Yale	7–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
87	November 21, 1970	Harvard	14–12	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
88	November 20, 1971	Harvard	35–16	Yale Bowl, New Haven
89	November 25, 1972	Yale	28–17	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
90	November 24, 1973	Yale	35–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven
91	November 23, 1974	Harvard	21–16	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
92	November 22, 1975	Harvard	30–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
93	November 13, 1976	Yale	21–7	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
94	November 12, 1977	Yale	24–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
95	November 18, 1978	Yale	35–28	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
96	November 17, 1979	Harvard	22–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
97	November 22, 1980	Yale	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
98	November 21, 1981	Yale	28–0	Yale Bowl, New Haven	Last nationally televised game [15]
99	November 20, 1982	Harvard	21–16	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	Harvard and Yale moved to NCAA Division I-AA
100	November 19, 1983	Harvard	16–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
101	November 17, 1984	Yale	30–27	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
102	November 23, 1985	Yale	17–6	Yale Bowl, New Haven
103	November 22, 1986	Harvard	24–17	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
104	November 21, 1987	Harvard	14–10	Yale Bowl, New Haven
105	November 19, 1988	Yale	26–17	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
106	November 18, 1989	Harvard	37–20	Yale Bowl, New Haven
107	November 17, 1990	Yale	34–19	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
108	November 23, 1991	Yale	23–13	Yale Bowl, New Haven
109	November 21, 1992	Harvard	14–0	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
110	November 20, 1993	Yale	33–31	Yale Bowl, New Haven
111	November 19, 1994	Yale	32–13	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
112	November 18, 1995	Harvard	22–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
113	November 23, 1996	Harvard	26–21	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
114	November 22, 1997	Harvard	17–7	Yale Bowl, New Haven
115	November 21, 1998	Yale	9–7	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
116	November 20, 1999	Yale	24–21	Yale Bowl, New Haven
117	November 18, 2000	Yale	34–24	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge
118	November 17, 2001	Harvard	35–23	Yale Bowl, New Haven
119	November 18, 2002	Harvard	30–13	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	Images from The Game [16]
120	November 22, 2003	Harvard	37–19	Yale Bowl, New Haven	53,136 fans attended [17]
121	November 20, 2004	Harvard	35–3	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge	Recap [18] Yale pulled prank
122	November 19, 2005	Harvard	30–24 (OT)	Yale Bowl, New Haven
123	November 18, 2006	Yale	34–13	Harvard Stadium, Cambridge

See also

★ Harvard-Yale football games (The Game)

★ Harvard-Yale Regatta (boat race)

★ Army-Navy Game