Matchup Index

Harvard Crimson vs Princeton Tigers

Harvard Crimson 39
Princeton Tigers leads 52-39-7
7 ties
1876 to 2026
Harvard Crimson have won 3 straight
Princeton Tigers 52

Series timeline

▲ Harvard Crimson ahead (peak +1) ▼ Princeton Tigers ahead (peak +17)
1876: Harvard Crimson 1-01877: Princeton Tigers 1-01878: Princeton Tigers 1-01879: Princeton Tigers 1-01880: Princeton Tigers 2-11881: Tied 0-01882: Harvard Crimson 2-11883: Princeton Tigers 26-71884: Princeton Tigers 36-61886: Princeton Tigers 12-01887: Harvard Crimson 12-01888: Princeton Tigers 18-61889: Princeton Tigers 41-151895: Princeton Tigers 12-41896: Princeton Tigers 12-01911: Princeton Tigers 8-61912: Harvard Crimson 16-61913: Harvard Crimson 3-01914: Harvard Crimson 20-01915: Harvard Crimson 10-61916: Harvard Crimson 3-01919: Tied 10-101920: Tied 14-141921: Princeton Tigers 10-31922: Princeton Tigers 10-31923: Harvard Crimson 5-01924: Princeton Tigers 34-01925: Princeton Tigers 36-01926: Princeton Tigers 12-01934: Princeton Tigers 19-01935: Princeton Tigers 35-01936: Tied 14-141937: Harvard Crimson 34-61938: Harvard Crimson 26-71939: Princeton Tigers 9-61940: Tied 0-01941: Harvard Crimson 6-41942: Harvard Crimson 19-141946: Harvard Crimson 13-121947: Princeton Tigers 33-71948: Princeton Tigers 47-71949: Princeton Tigers 33-131950: Princeton Tigers 63-261951: Princeton Tigers 54-131952: Princeton Tigers 41-211953: Princeton Tigers 6-01954: Harvard Crimson 14-91955: Harvard Crimson 7-61956: Princeton Tigers 35-201957: Princeton Tigers 28-201958: Princeton Tigers 16-141959: Harvard Crimson 14-01960: Princeton Tigers 14-121961: Harvard Crimson 9-71962: Harvard Crimson 20-01963: Harvard Crimson 21-71964: Princeton Tigers 16-01965: Princeton Tigers 14-61966: Princeton Tigers 18-141967: Princeton Tigers 45-61968: Harvard Crimson 9-71969: Princeton Tigers 51-201970: Harvard Crimson 29-71971: Princeton Tigers 21-101972: Princeton Tigers 10-71973: Harvard Crimson 19-141974: Harvard Crimson 34-171975: Princeton Tigers 24-201976: Harvard Crimson 20-141977: Princeton Tigers 20-71978: Tied 24-241979: Princeton Tigers 9-71980: Princeton Tigers 7-31981: Tied 17-172002: Harvard Crimson 24-172003: Harvard Crimson 43-402004: Harvard Crimson 39-142005: Princeton Tigers 27-242006: Princeton Tigers 31-282007: Harvard Crimson 27-102008: Harvard Crimson 24-202009: Harvard Crimson 37-32010: Harvard Crimson 45-282011: Harvard Crimson 56-392012: Princeton Tigers 39-342013: Princeton Tigers 51-482014: Harvard Crimson 49-72015: Harvard Crimson 42-72016: Harvard Crimson 23-202017: Princeton Tigers 52-172018: Princeton Tigers 29-212019: Princeton Tigers 30-242021: Princeton Tigers 18-162022: Princeton Tigers 37-102023: Princeton Tigers 21-142024: Harvard Crimson 45-132025: Harvard Crimson 35-142026: Harvard Crimson 35-7

Harvard Crimson Princeton Tigers Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Harvard Crimson 5 (1912–1916), Princeton Tigers 7 (1947–1953). Current: Harvard Crimson 3.

Splits

SplitHarvard Crimson record
Regular season39-52-7
Hosted by Harvard Crimson20-24-4
Hosted by Princeton Tigers19-28-3
Last 10 seasons (2016 to 2026)4-6
Largest Harvard Crimson win49-7 (2014)
Largest Princeton Tigers win54-13 (1951)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2026 Oct 24, 2026 Harvard Crimson 35-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2025 Oct 25, 2025 Harvard Crimson 35-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2024 Oct 26, 2024 Harvard Crimson 45-13 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
2023 Oct 21, 2023 Princeton Tigers 21-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2022 Oct 21, 2022 Princeton Tigers 37-10 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
2021 Oct 23, 2021 Princeton Tigers 18-16 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Oct 26, 2019 Princeton Tigers 30-24 at Princeton Tigers Week 10
2018 Oct 20, 2018 Princeton Tigers 29-21 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
2017 Oct 20, 2017 Princeton Tigers 52-17 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
2016 Oct 22, 2016 Harvard Crimson 23-20 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2015 Oct 24, 2015 Harvard Crimson 42-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2014 Oct 25, 2014 Harvard Crimson 49-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2013 Oct 26, 2013 Princeton Tigers 51-48 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
2012 Oct 20, 2012 Princeton Tigers 39-34 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
2011 Oct 22, 2011 Harvard Crimson 56-39 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2010 Oct 23, 2010 Harvard Crimson 45-28 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2009 Oct 24, 2009 Harvard Crimson 37-3 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2008 Oct 25, 2008 Harvard Crimson 24-20 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2007 Oct 20, 2007 Harvard Crimson 27-10 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2006 Oct 21, 2006 Princeton Tigers 31-28 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
2005 Oct 22, 2005 Princeton Tigers 27-24 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
2004 Oct 23, 2004 Harvard Crimson 39-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
2003 Oct 25, 2003 Harvard Crimson 43-40 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
2002 Oct 26, 2002 Harvard Crimson 24-17 at Princeton Tigers Week 10
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1981 Oct 24, 1981 Tie 17-17 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1980 Oct 25, 1980 Princeton Tigers 7-3 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1979 Oct 27, 1979 Princeton Tigers 9-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1978 Oct 28, 1978 Tie 24-24 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1977 Oct 22, 1977 Princeton Tigers 20-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1976 Oct 23, 1976 Harvard Crimson 20-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1975 Nov 8, 1975 Princeton Tigers 24-20 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
1974 Nov 9, 1974 Harvard Crimson 34-17 at Princeton Tigers Week 10
1973 Nov 10, 1973 Harvard Crimson 19-14 at Harvard Crimson Week 11
1972 Nov 11, 1972 Princeton Tigers 10-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 10
1971 Nov 6, 1971 Princeton Tigers 21-10 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1970 Nov 7, 1970 Harvard Crimson 29-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 11
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Nov 8, 1969 Princeton Tigers 51-20 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1968 Nov 9, 1968 Harvard Crimson 9-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1967 Nov 11, 1967 Princeton Tigers 45-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 10
1966 Nov 5, 1966 Princeton Tigers 18-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1965 Nov 6, 1965 Princeton Tigers 14-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1964 Nov 7, 1964 Princeton Tigers 16-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1963 Nov 9, 1963 Harvard Crimson 21-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1962 Nov 10, 1962 Harvard Crimson 20-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1961 Nov 11, 1961 Harvard Crimson 9-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1960 Nov 5, 1960 Princeton Tigers 14-12 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1950s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1959 Nov 7, 1959 Harvard Crimson 14-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1958 Nov 8, 1958 Princeton Tigers 16-14 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1957 Nov 9, 1957 Princeton Tigers 28-20 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1956 Nov 10, 1956 Princeton Tigers 35-20 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1955 Nov 5, 1955 Harvard Crimson 7-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1954 Nov 6, 1954 Harvard Crimson 14-9 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1953 Nov 7, 1953 Princeton Tigers 6-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1952 Nov 8, 1952 Princeton Tigers 41-21 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1951 Nov 10, 1951 Princeton Tigers 54-13 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1950 Nov 11, 1950 Princeton Tigers 63-26 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1949 Nov 5, 1949 Princeton Tigers 33-13 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1948 Nov 6, 1948 Princeton Tigers 47-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1947 Nov 8, 1947 Princeton Tigers 33-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1946 Oct 12, 1946 Harvard Crimson 13-12 at Princeton Tigers Week 5
1942 Oct 31, 1942 Harvard Crimson 19-14 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1941 Nov 1, 1941 Harvard Crimson 6-4 at Princeton Tigers Week 7
1940 Nov 2, 1940 Tie 0-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1930s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1939 Nov 4, 1939 Princeton Tigers 9-6 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1938 Oct 29, 1938 Harvard Crimson 26-7 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1937 Oct 30, 1937 Harvard Crimson 34-6 at Princeton Tigers Week 7
1936 Oct 31, 1936 Tie 14-14 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1935 Nov 9, 1935 Princeton Tigers 35-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1934 Nov 3, 1934 Princeton Tigers 19-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1920s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1926 Nov 6, 1926 Princeton Tigers 12-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1925 Nov 7, 1925 Princeton Tigers 36-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1924 Nov 8, 1924 Princeton Tigers 34-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1923 Nov 10, 1923 Harvard Crimson 5-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1922 Nov 11, 1922 Princeton Tigers 10-3 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1921 Nov 5, 1921 Princeton Tigers 10-3 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1920 Nov 6, 1920 Tie 14-14 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1910s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1919 Nov 8, 1919 Tie 10-10 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1916 Nov 11, 1916 Harvard Crimson 3-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1915 Nov 6, 1915 Harvard Crimson 10-6 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1914 Nov 7, 1914 Harvard Crimson 20-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1913 Nov 8, 1913 Harvard Crimson 3-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1912 Nov 2, 1912 Harvard Crimson 16-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1911 Nov 4, 1911 Princeton Tigers 8-6 at Princeton Tigers Week 7
1890s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1896 Nov 7, 1896 Princeton Tigers 12-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 9
1895 Nov 2, 1895 Princeton Tigers 12-4 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1880s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1889 Nov 16, 1889 Princeton Tigers 41-15 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1888 Nov 17, 1888 Princeton Tigers 18-6 at Princeton Tigers Week 8
1887 Nov 12, 1887 Harvard Crimson 12-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1886 Nov 13, 1886 Princeton Tigers 12-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 7
1884 Nov 19, 1884 Princeton Tigers 36-6 at Harvard Crimson Week 8
1883 Nov 17, 1883 Princeton Tigers 26-7 at Princeton Tigers Week 9
1882 Nov 18, 1882 Harvard Crimson 2-1 at Harvard Crimson Week 7
1881 Nov 19, 1881 Tie 0-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 7
1880 Nov 13, 1880 Princeton Tigers 2-1 at Princeton Tigers Week 6
1870s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1879 Nov 15, 1879 Princeton Tigers 1-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 6
1878 Nov 16, 1878 Princeton Tigers 1-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 5
1877 Nov 17, 1877 Princeton Tigers 1-0 at Princeton Tigers Week 4
1876 Mar 3, 1877 Harvard Crimson 1-0 at Harvard Crimson Week 7

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.