Matchup Index

Columbia Lions vs Harvard Crimson

Columbia Lions 13
Harvard Crimson leads 49-13-1
1 tie
1877 to 2025
Harvard Crimson have won 3 straight
Next meeting: Nov 7, 2026, Columbia Lions at Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson 49

Series timeline

▼ Harvard Crimson ahead (peak +36)
1877: Harvard Crimson 6-01880: Harvard Crimson 3-01881: Harvard Crimson 1-01882: Harvard Crimson 2-01900: Harvard Crimson 24-01901: Harvard Crimson 18-01948: Harvard Crimson 33-241949: Columbia Lions 14-71950: Columbia Lions 28-71951: Columbia Lions 35-01952: Columbia Lions 16-71953: Columbia Lions 6-01954: Columbia Lions 7-61955: Harvard Crimson 21-71956: Columbia Lions 26-201957: Harvard Crimson 19-61958: Harvard Crimson 26-01959: Harvard Crimson 38-221960: Harvard Crimson 8-71961: Columbia Lions 26-141962: Harvard Crimson 36-141963: Tied 3-31964: Harvard Crimson 3-01965: Harvard Crimson 21-61966: Harvard Crimson 34-71967: Harvard Crimson 49-131968: Harvard Crimson 21-141969: Harvard Crimson 51-01970: Columbia Lions 28-211971: Harvard Crimson 21-191972: Harvard Crimson 20-181973: Harvard Crimson 57-01974: Harvard Crimson 34-61975: Harvard Crimson 35-301976: Harvard Crimson 34-101977: Harvard Crimson 21-71978: Columbia Lions 21-191979: Harvard Crimson 26-71980: Harvard Crimson 26-61981: Harvard Crimson 23-62002: Harvard Crimson 28-72003: Columbia Lions 16-132004: Harvard Crimson 38-02005: Harvard Crimson 55-72006: Harvard Crimson 24-72007: Harvard Crimson 27-122008: Harvard Crimson 42-282009: Harvard Crimson 34-142010: Harvard Crimson 23-72011: Harvard Crimson 35-212012: Harvard Crimson 69-02013: Harvard Crimson 34-02014: Harvard Crimson 45-02015: Harvard Crimson 24-162016: Harvard Crimson 28-212017: Harvard Crimson 21-142018: Harvard Crimson 52-182019: Columbia Lions 17-102021: Harvard Crimson 49-212022: Columbia Lions 21-202023: Harvard Crimson 38-242024: Harvard Crimson 26-62025: Harvard Crimson 31-14

Columbia Columbia Blue and White Columbia Lions Harvard Crimson Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Columbia Lions 6 (1949–1954), Harvard Crimson 15 (2004–2018). Current: Harvard Crimson 3.

Splits

SplitColumbia Lions record
Regular season13-49-1
Hosted by Columbia Lions7-24
Hosted by Harvard Crimson6-25-1
Last 10 seasons (2015 to 2025)2-8
Largest Columbia Lions win35-0 (1951)
Largest Harvard Crimson win69-0 (2012)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Nov 7, 2025 Harvard Crimson 31-14 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2024 Nov 9, 2024 Harvard Crimson 26-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2023 Nov 4, 2023 Harvard Crimson 38-24 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2022 Nov 5, 2022 Columbia Lions 21-20 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2021 Nov 6, 2021 Harvard Crimson 49-21 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Nov 9, 2019 Columbia Lions 17-10 at Columbia Lions Week 12
2018 Nov 3, 2018 Harvard Crimson 52-18 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2017 Nov 4, 2017 Harvard Crimson 21-14 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2016 Nov 5, 2016 Harvard Crimson 28-21 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2015 Nov 7, 2015 Harvard Crimson 24-16 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2014 Nov 8, 2014 Harvard Crimson 45-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2013 Nov 9, 2013 Harvard Crimson 34-0 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2012 Nov 3, 2012 Harvard Crimson 69-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
2011 Nov 5, 2011 Harvard Crimson 35-21 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2010 Nov 6, 2010 Harvard Crimson 23-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2009 Nov 7, 2009 Harvard Crimson 34-14 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2008 Nov 8, 2008 Harvard Crimson 42-28 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2007 Nov 3, 2007 Harvard Crimson 27-12 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2006 Nov 4, 2006 Harvard Crimson 24-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
2005 Nov 5, 2005 Harvard Crimson 55-7 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2004 Nov 6, 2004 Harvard Crimson 38-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
2003 Nov 8, 2003 Columbia Lions 16-13 at Columbia Lions Week 12
2002 Nov 9, 2002 Harvard Crimson 28-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 12
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1981 Sep 19, 1981 Harvard Crimson 23-6 at Columbia Lions Week 3
1980 Sep 20, 1980 Harvard Crimson 26-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1979 Sep 22, 1979 Harvard Crimson 26-7 at Columbia Lions Week 4
1978 Sep 23, 1978 Columbia Lions 21-19 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1977 Sep 17, 1977 Harvard Crimson 21-7 at Columbia Lions Week 3
1976 Sep 18, 1976 Harvard Crimson 34-10 at Harvard Crimson Week 3
1975 Oct 11, 1975 Harvard Crimson 35-30 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1974 Oct 12, 1974 Harvard Crimson 34-6 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1973 Oct 13, 1973 Harvard Crimson 57-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1972 Oct 14, 1972 Harvard Crimson 20-18 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1971 Oct 9, 1971 Harvard Crimson 21-19 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1970 Oct 10, 1970 Columbia Lions 28-21 at Columbia Lions Week 7
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Oct 11, 1969 Harvard Crimson 51-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1968 Oct 12, 1968 Harvard Crimson 21-14 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1967 Oct 14, 1967 Harvard Crimson 49-13 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1966 Oct 8, 1966 Harvard Crimson 34-7 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1965 Oct 9, 1965 Harvard Crimson 21-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1964 Oct 10, 1964 Harvard Crimson 3-0 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1963 Oct 19, 1963 Tie 3-3 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1962 Oct 20, 1962 Harvard Crimson 36-14 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1961 Oct 21, 1961 Columbia Lions 26-14 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1960 Oct 15, 1960 Harvard Crimson 8-7 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1950s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1959 Oct 17, 1959 Harvard Crimson 38-22 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1958 Oct 18, 1958 Harvard Crimson 26-0 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1957 Oct 19, 1957 Harvard Crimson 19-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1956 Oct 20, 1956 Columbia Lions 26-20 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1955 Oct 15, 1955 Harvard Crimson 21-7 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1954 Oct 16, 1954 Columbia Lions 7-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1953 Oct 17, 1953 Columbia Lions 6-0 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1952 Oct 4, 1952 Columbia Lions 16-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1951 Oct 6, 1951 Columbia Lions 35-0 at Columbia Lions Week 4
1950 Oct 7, 1950 Columbia Lions 28-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1949 Oct 1, 1949 Columbia Lions 14-7 at Columbia Lions Week 4
1948 Oct 2, 1948 Harvard Crimson 33-24 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1900s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1901 Oct 12, 1901 Harvard Crimson 18-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 4
1900 Oct 13, 1900 Harvard Crimson 24-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1880s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1882 Nov 11, 1882 Harvard Crimson 2-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 6
1881 Nov 5, 1881 Harvard Crimson 1-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 5
1880 Nov 6, 1880 Harvard Crimson 3-0 at Columbia Week 5
1870s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1877 Oct 27, 1877 Harvard Crimson 6-0 at Columbia Week 1

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.