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Harvard vs Tufts Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Harvard and Tufts.

PROGRAM ONEHarvard15 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD15–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOTufts3 recorded wins
18Recorded meetings
1875Earliest documented
1966Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

18 games
  1. 1875
    Harvard1 — 0Tufts
    Nov 6, 1875Harvard won
  2. 1877
    Harvard3 — 0Tufts
    Nov 24, 1877Harvard won
  3. 1884
    Harvard51 — 0Tufts
    Nov 15, 1884Harvard won
  4. 1886
    Harvard82 — 0Tufts
    Oct 2, 1886Harvard won
  5. 1886
    Harvard46 — 0Tufts
    Oct 9, 1886Harvard won
  6. 1887
    Harvard86 — 0Tufts
    Oct 1, 1887Harvard won
  7. 1887
    Harvard68 — 0Tufts
    Oct 29, 1887Harvard won
  8. 1914
    Harvard13 — 6Tufts
    Oct 17, 1914Harvard won
  9. 1916
    Harvard3 — 7Tufts
    Oct 7, 1916Tufts won
  10. 1918
    Harvard7 — 0Tufts
    Nov 9, 1918Harvard won
  11. 1919
    Harvard23 — 0Tufts
    Nov 15, 1919Harvard won
  12. 1923
    Harvard16 — 0Tufts
    Nov 3, 1923Harvard won
  13. 1926
    Harvard69 — 6Tufts
    Oct 30, 1926Harvard won
  14. 1945
    Harvard6 — 7Tufts
    Oct 6, 1945Tufts won
  15. 1946
    Harvard49 — 0Tufts
    Oct 5, 1946Harvard won
  16. 1956
    Harvard13 — 19Tufts
    Oct 6, 1956Tufts won
  17. 1965
    Harvard33 — 0Tufts
    Oct 2, 1965Harvard won
  18. 1966
    Harvard45 — 0Tufts
    Oct 1, 1966Harvard won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1966Harvard vs Tufts45–0Harvard won
1965Harvard vs Tufts33–0Harvard won
1956Harvard vs Tufts13–19Tufts won
1946Harvard vs Tufts49–0Harvard won
1945Harvard vs Tufts6–7Tufts won
1926Harvard vs Tufts69–6Harvard won
1923Harvard vs Tufts16–0Harvard won
1919Harvard vs Tufts23–0Harvard won
1918Harvard vs Tufts7–0Harvard won
1916Harvard vs Tufts3–7Tufts won
1914Harvard vs Tufts13–6Harvard won
1887Harvard vs Tufts68–0Harvard won
1887Harvard vs Tufts86–0Harvard won
1886Harvard vs Tufts46–0Harvard won
1886Harvard vs Tufts82–0Harvard won
1884Harvard vs Tufts51–0Harvard won
1877Harvard vs Tufts3–0Harvard won
1875Harvard vs Tufts1–0Harvard won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.