Harvard–Penn football rivalry

American college football rivalry

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Harvard–Penn football rivalry
Statistics
Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 2, 1881 Harvard, 2–0
Latest meeting	November 16, 2024 Harvard, 31–28
Next meeting	November 15, 2025
Meetings total	94
All-time series	Harvard leads, 53–39–2
Largest victory	Harvard, 50–0 (1888)
Longest win streak	Harvard, 9 (1973–1981)
Current win streak	Harvard, 4 (2021–present)

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Harvard

Penn Locations of Harvard and Penn

The Harvard–Penn football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Harvard Crimson and Penn Quakers. The first game was played in 1881.

In the first 18 games played in the series, Harvard won 13 and Penn won 5. By 1958 Penn pulled even with 14 games won by each school. There was 1 tie (1940). From 1959 through 1981 Harvard dominated the series winning 20 games to Penn's winning 2 games (1963, 1972). There was 1 tie (1965). However, in recent years the Harvard–Penn football game in mid-November has usually had Ivy League Football Championship implications. Since 1982 Harvard and Penn have won 29 Ivy League Football Championships between them. Penn has won 17 and Harvard has won 12. Penn has been undefeated 8 times in the Ivy League and Harvard has been undefeated 6 times in the Ivy League during this time span.

Game results

Harvard victories

Penn victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 2, 1881	New York, NY	Harvard	2–0
2	October 13, 1883	Allston, MA	Harvard	4–0
3	October 22, 1884	Allston, MA	Penn	4–0
4	November 25, 1886	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	28–0
5	November 19, 1887	Allston, MA	Harvard	42–0
6	November 19, 1888	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	50–0
7	November 2, 1889	Allston, MA	Harvard	35–0
8	November 30, 1893	Allston, MA	Harvard	26–4
9	November 29, 1894	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	18–4
10	November 23, 1895	Allston, MA	Penn	17–14
11	November 21, 1896	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	8–6
12	November 20, 1897	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	15–6
13	November 5, 1898	Allston, MA	Harvard	10–0
14	November 4, 1899	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	16–0
15	November 3, 1900	Allston, MA	Harvard	17–5
16	November 9, 1901	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	33–6
17	November 8, 1902	Allston, MA	Harvard	11–0
18	November 7, 1903	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	17–10
19	October 29, 1904	Allston, MA	Penn	11–0
20	November 11, 1905	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	12–6
21	November 5, 1927	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	25–0
22	November 10, 1928	Allston, MA	Penn	7–0
23	October 21, 1929	Allston, MA	Penn	29–7
24	November 9, 1940	Philadelphia, PA	Tie	10–10
25	October 4, 1941	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	19–0
26	October 3, 1942	Allston, MA	Penn	19–7
27	November 3, 1956	Allston, MA	Penn	28–14
28	November 2, 1957	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	13–6
29	November 1, 1958	Allston, MA	Penn	19–6
30	October 31, 1959	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	12–0
31	October 29, 1960	Allston, MA	Harvard	8–0
32	November 4, 1961	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	37–6
33	November 3, 1962	Allston, MA	Harvard	36–0
34	November 2, 1963	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	7–2
35	October 31, 1964	Allston, MA	Harvard	34–0
36	October 30, 1965	Philadelphia, PA	Tie	10–10
37	October 29, 1966	Allston, MA	Harvard	27–7
38	November 4, 1967	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	45–7
39	November 2, 1968	Allston, MA	Harvard	28–6
40	November 1, 1969	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	20–6
41	October 31, 1970	Allston, MA	Harvard	38–23
42	October 30, 1971	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	28–27
43	November 4, 1972	Allston, MA	Penn	38–27
44	November 3, 1973	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	34–30
45	November 2, 1974	Allston, MA	Harvard	39–0
46	November 1, 1975	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	21–3
47	November 6, 1976	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	20–8
48	November 5, 1977	Allston, MA	Harvard	34–15

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
49	November 11, 1978	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	17–13
50	November 10, 1979	Allston, MA	Harvard	41–26
51	November 15, 1980	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	28–17
52	November 14, 1981	Allston, MA	Harvard	45–7
53	November 13, 1982	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	23–21
54	November 12, 1983	Allston, MA	Harvard	28–0
55	November 10, 1984	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	38–7
56	November 16, 1985	Allston, MA	Harvard	17–6
57	November 15, 1986	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	17–10
58	November 14, 1987	Allston, MA	Harvard	31–14
59	November 12, 1988	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	52–13
60	November 11, 1989	Allston, MA	Harvard	24–15
61	November 10, 1990	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	24–20
62	November 16, 1991	Allston, MA	Harvard	22–18
63	November 14, 1992	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	21–19
64	November 13, 1993	Allston, MA	Penn	27–20
65	November 12, 1994	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	33–0
66	November 11, 1995	Allston, MA	Penn	38–21
67	November 16, 1996	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	17–12
68	November 15, 1997	Allston, MA	Harvard	33–0
69	November 14, 1998	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	41–10
70	November 13, 1999	Allston, MA	Penn	21–17
71	November 11, 2000	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	36–35
72	November 10, 2001	Allston, MA	Harvard	28–21
73	November 16, 2002	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	44–9
74	November 15, 2003	Allston, MA	Penn	32–24
75	November 13, 2004	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	31–10
76	November 12, 2005	Allston, MA	Harvard	29–3
77	November 11, 2006	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	22–13
78	November 10, 2007	Allston, MA	Harvard	23–7
79	November 15, 2008	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	24–21
80	November 14, 2009	Allston, MA	Penn	17–7
81	November 13, 2010	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	34–14
82	November 12, 2011	Allston, MA	Harvard	37–20
83	November 10, 2012	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	30–21
84	November 16, 2013	Allston, MA	Harvard	38–30
85	November 15, 2014	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	34–24
86	November 14, 2015	Allston, MA	Penn	35–25
87	November 11, 2016	Philadelphia, PA	Penn	27–14
88	November 11, 2017	Allston, MA	Penn	23–6
89	November 10, 2018	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	29–7
90	November 16, 2019	Allston, MA	Penn	24–20
91	November 13, 2021	Allston, MA	Harvard	23–7
92	November 12, 2022	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	37–14
93	November 11, 2023	Allston, MA	Harvard	25–23
94	November 16, 2024	Philadelphia, PA	Harvard	31–28
Series: Harvard leads 53–39–2
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References

Bigalke, Zach (April 7, 2020). "An irreverent look back at the 1881 college football season". Saturday Blitz. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
"Harvard vs Pennsylvania". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

v t e Harvard Crimson football
Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Penn Quakers football
Venues	Franklin Field (1895–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1917 Rose Bowl Cornell Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	The Penn Quaker "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" Marching band 1922 Alabama game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League rivalries
Conference	Columbia–Cornell (football) Cornell–Dartmouth (football) Cornell–Harvard (hockey) Cornell–Penn (football) Cornell–Princeton (lacrosse) Dartmouth–Harvard (football) Harvard–Penn (football) Harvard–Princeton (football) Harvard–Yale (football) Harvard–Yale (ice hockey) Harvard–Yale (rowing) Harvard–Yale (soccer) Penn–Princeton (football) Penn–Princeton (men's basketball) Princeton–Yale (football)
Non-conference	Brown–Providence (hockey) Brown–Rhode Island Colgate–Cornell Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham) Cornell–Hobart (lacrosse) Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse) Dartmouth–New Hampshire (overall) Dartmouth–New Hampshire (football) Battle of 33rd Street (Drexel–Penn) Beanpot (Boston College–Boston University–Harvard–Northeastern) Johns Hopkins–Princeton (lacrosse) Yank Townsend Trophy (Lehigh–Yale) Philadelphia Big 5 (Drexel–La Salle–Penn–Saint Joseph's–Temple–Villanova) Princeton–Rutgers Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale) Connecticut Ice (Connecticut–Quinnipiac–Sacred Heart–Yale)

Ivy League rivalries

Conference

Non-conference

Brown–Providence (hockey)
Brown–Rhode Island
Colgate–Cornell
Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham)
Cornell–Hobart (lacrosse)
Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (overall)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (football)
Battle of 33rd Street (Drexel–Penn)
Beanpot (Boston College–Boston University–Harvard–Northeastern)
Johns Hopkins–Princeton (lacrosse)
Yank Townsend Trophy (Lehigh–Yale)
Philadelphia Big 5 (Drexel–La Salle–Penn–Saint Joseph's–Temple–Villanova)
Princeton–Rutgers
Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale)
Connecticut Ice (Connecticut–Quinnipiac–Sacred Heart–Yale)

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