Harvard–Yale Regatta Explained

The Yale–Harvard Regatta
Contested by
Harvard	Yale
Information
First boat race	August 3, 1852
Annual event since	July 26, 1859
Current champion	Yale
Downstream record	Harvard, 18:22.4 (1980)
Upstream record	Yale, 18:35.8 (2015)
Course	Thames River, New London, Connecticut
Course length	4miles
Trophy	The Sexton Cup, The F. Valentine Chappell Trophy, The New London Cup, The James Snider Cup, and The Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell Jr. Trophy
Number of wins
Harvard	Yale
95	58

The Harvard–Yale Regatta or Yale-Harvard Boat Race (often abbreviated The Race) is an annual rowing race between the men's heavyweight rowing crews of Harvard University and Yale University. First contested in 1852, it has been held annually since 1859 with exceptions during major wars fought by the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Race is America's oldest collegiate athletic competition, pre-dating The Game by 23 years. It is sometimes referred to as the "Yale-Harvard" regatta, though most official regatta programs brand it "Harvard-Yale".^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Originally rowed on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, it has since moved to the Thames River, near New London, Connecticut. Although other locations for the race have included the Connecticut River at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Massachusetts, the Thames has hosted The Race on all but five occasions since 1878 and both teams have erected permanent training camps on the Thames at Gales Ferry for Yale and at Red Top for Harvard.

The race has been exclusively between Yale and Harvard except for 1897, when the race was held as part of a three-boat race with Cornell on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York, where, although it lost to Cornell, Yale was deemed the winner of the Harvard-Yale race. Due to the COVID-19, there was no Yale-Harvard Regatta in 2020, the first cancellation since 1945.

History

On May 24, 1843, with the arrival of the shell Whitehall in New Haven, Yale University founded the first collegiate crew in the United States. A year later, Harvard founded their boat club.^[10] These boat clubs served primarily a social purpose,^[10] until Yale's 1852 issuance of a challenge to Harvard "to test the superiority of the oarsmen of the two colleges". Dr. James M. Whiton (Yale 1853) and Joseph Mansfield Brown (Harvard 1853) were the prime movers in bringing about the race. The idea of a race was suggested by James N. Elkins, the superintendent of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, during a train journey with Dr. Whiton.^[11] The first Harvard–Yale Boat Race—and the first American intercollegiate sporting event—took place on August 3, 1852. In this two-mile (3.2 km) contest, Harvard's Oneida prevailed over Yale's Shawmut by about two lengths, with Yale's Undine finishing third. The first place prize was a pair of black walnut, silver-inscribed trophy oars. The trophy oars were awarded to Harvard by General Franklin Pierce who in 1853 became the 14th President of the United States of America. Today, the 1852 trophy oars are the oldest intercollegiate athletic prize in North America.^[12]

The race distance was increased to 3miles for the second rendition in 1855 and to the current 4miles in 1876. The Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race is the only longer side-by-side rowing event in the world, though slower stream makes the Yale–Harvard Race one to three minutes longer.^[13]

Originally the race was just between the varsity crews but there are now three events: the 2-mile (3.2-km) freshman race, the 3-mile (4.8-km) junior varsity race, and the 4-mile (6.4-km) varsity race. The varsity crews compete for the Sexton Cup, the junior varsity for the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy, and the freshman for the New London Cup. The Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell Jr. Trophies are awarded to the team that wins the majority of the three races.

Typically the day before the freshman, junior varsity and varsity races, there is a two-mile (3.2 km) race between the spares for both crews. These "combination" boats are made up of second freshman boat and third varsity boat rowers (i.e. the "combi" or "combo" race). The winner of this race gets the James P. Snider Cup, as well as the right to paint its school's colors on the "rock" at Bartlett's Cove for the next day's races.^[14] Currently Harvard leads the varsity series at 95–55, the second varsity (JV) at 75–38, and the freshman series at 72–39–1. Yale holds the upstream course record with its time of 18:35.8 in 2015.^[15] The Crimson set the downstream—and Thames River course—mark of 18:22.4 in 1980.

Trophies

The Sexton Cup is presented to the winner of the varsity heavyweight race. The trophy is actually a combination of two former rowing trophies: The bottom is the original base of the Sexton Cup, with year-by-year results of race winners, while the upper portion retains the Yale and Harvard seals from the trophy which was awarded to the winner of the (now discontinued) graduate eights race.

The F. Valentine Chappell Trophy is presented to the winner of the second varsity heavyweight race. Previously used for a discontinued event in this regatta, it was redesignated in 1983 to be awarded to the victor in the junior varsity contest.

The New London Cup is presented to the winner of the freshman race. The city of New London donated this silver award in celebration of its bicentennial and it is inscribed with the Seal of the City of New London and engraved with a ship bearing "Mare Liberium" (Freedom of the Seas). As of 2014, both schools began boating a 3V lineup for this race, rather than an all-freshmen lineup.

The Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell Jr. Trophy is presented to the crews who win two or more of the varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen races. This sterling silver bowl was donated by George Pew, Yale Class of 1958, in honor of Pease and Chappell with the inscription: "Named in honor of their great contribution over four decades to the spirit and success of The Boat Race."

The James Snider Cup is awarded to the winning crew of the Combination race of the Harvard–Yale Regatta, which is held annually in New London, Connecticut. The Combination crews are typically composed of rowers from the third varsity and second freshman boats of their respective programs. Traditionally the two crews race a 2-mile (3.2-km) course the day before the Regatta, with the winning crew earning both possession of the Cup and the right to paint the large rock surface south of Bartlett's Cove—typically the most popular viewing spot for the Regatta's main events the next day—with their school's colors.

The James P. Snider Cup was dedicated in honor of James P. "Jamie Sniderman" Snider by the Yale Heavyweight Crew Class of 2005 following the Harvard–Yale Regatta held on June 11, 2005. The cup was donated in honor of Jamie's years of dedicated service to both the Yale Heavyweight Crew and the Yale Crew program as a whole. In 1995 and 1996 Jamie served as an assistant coach of the Yale Women's Crew, leading the 1995 Third Varsity to a 10–4 record. After becoming an assistant with the Men's Heavyweight squad, Jamie led the 1997 Third Varsity Crew to an undefeated season, an Eastern Sprints Gold Medal, and a victory in the Combination Race of the Harvard–Yale Regatta. Jamie's 1999 Combination crew earned the right to paint the rock as well. Currently, Jamie serves as the assistant coach of the Women's Program. In 2006 he led his Third Varsity Four to a third-place finish at the Eastern Sprints, and in 2007, 2008, 2009 he coached the Varsity Four to gold medals at Eastern Sprints and a sixth, sixth and third-place finish at NCAAs.

In addition to coaching Yale crews during the season, Jamie has served as caretaker of Gales Ferry, the home and training site for the Yale Men's Heavyweight Crew during preparation for the Harvard–Yale Regatta since 1878. He has also served as Director of the Yale University Community Rowing Program since its inception in the summer of 1999. Originally established as a small pilot program, the program has since grown to include over 100 youth participants annually, providing rowing opportunities for organizations such as the National Youth Sports Program, American School for the Deaf, and the Connecticut Special Olympics.

Results

Varsity race

• Number of wins: Harvard, 95; Yale, 59
• Most consecutive victories: Harvard, 18 (1963–1980)
• Course downstream record: Harvard, 1980 – 18 min 22.4 sec; average speed 13.1mph
• Course upstream record: Yale, 2022 – 18 min 17.5 sec; average speed 12.9mph
• Narrowest winning margin: 0.2 sec (Yale, 1914)
• Largest winning margin: 1 min 43 sec (Harvard, 1879)

-- don't use rowspan=2 or the sorting will break -->	+ Harvard–Yale Regatta varsity race results
No.	Date	Site	Length (miles)	Direction	Winner	Harvard time	Yale time	Harvard total	Yale total
1	1853–1854 no races	Winnipesaukee	2	—	Harvard		(+2 lengths)<	--about 4 lengths -->	1	—
2		Springfield	3	—	Harvard	22:47	24:00	2	— <	--margin 1:38 -->
3		Worcester	3	—	Harvard	19:18	20:18	3	—
4	1861–1864 no races	Worcester	3	—	Harvard	18:53	19:05.5	4	—
5		Worcester	3	—	Yale	19:43.5	19:01	4	1
6		Worcester	3	—	Yale	19:09	18:42.5	4	2
7		Worcester	3	—	Harvard	18:43.5	19:10	5	2
8		Worcester	3	—	Harvard	18:12.75	19:25.5	6	2
9		Worcester	3	—	Harvard	17:48.5	18:38.5	7	2
10		Worcester	3	—	Harvard	18:02	18:11	8	2
11	1871 no race	Worcester	3	—	Harvard	20:30	(fouled)	9	2
12		Springfield	3	—	Harvard	16:57	18:13	10	2
13		Springfield	3	—	Yale	(uncertain)	16:59	10	3
14		Saratoga	3	—	Harvard	16:56	(disabled)	11	3
15		Saratoga	3	—	Harvard	17:05	17:14.5	12	3
16		Springfield	4	—	Yale	22:31	22:02	12	4 <	--eight oars, first except 1852 -->
17		Springfield	4	—	Harvard	24:36	24:43	13	4
18		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:44.75 <	--U.S. record time -->	21:29	14	4
19		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:15	23:58	15	4
20		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	25:09	24:27	15	5
21		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	22:19	22:13	15	6
22		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:47.5	20:50.5	16	6
23		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	25:46.5	25:59	17	6
24		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:48	20:31	17	7
25		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	25:15.5	26:30	18	7
26		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:05	20:42	18	8
27		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	23:10.5	22:56	18	9
28		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	21:24	20:10	18	10
29		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:55	21:30	18	11
30		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	21:40	21:29	18	12
31		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	21:23	21:57	19	12
32		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	21:42.5	20:48	19	13
33		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	25:15	25:01.5	19	14
34		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	24:38	23:45.5	19	15
35	1896 no race	New London	4	Downstream	Yale	22:05	21:30	19	16
36		Poughkeepsie	4	—	Yale	21:00	20:44 <	--Cornell beat both; margin 13 seconds -->	19	17
37		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	24:35	24:02	19	18
38		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:52.5	21:13	20	18
39		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	21:37.4	21:12.8	20	19
40		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	23:45	23:37	20	20
41		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:33	20:20	20	21
42		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:29.6	20:19.8	20	22
43		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	22:10	21:40.5	20	23
44		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	22:36	22:33.5	20	24
45		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	23:02	23:11	21	24
46		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:13	21:10	21	25
47		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	24:10	(not taken)	22	25
48		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	21:50	22:10	23	25
49		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:46.5	21:04	24	25
50		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:44	23:40.5	25	25
51		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:43.5	22:04	26	25
52		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:42	22:20	27	25
53		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:16.2	21:16 <	--least margin 0:00.2; inaugural JV eight -->	27	26
54		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:13.5	20:52	27	27
55	1917 no race	New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:02	20:17	28	27
56		Derby, CT	2	—	Harvard	10:58	11:04	29	27
57		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	21:47.6	21:42.2	29	28
58		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	23:11	23:46	30	28
59		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:44.2	20:41	30	29
60		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	22:06	21:53	30	30
61		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	22:35	22:10	30	31
62		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	22:11	21:58.4	30	32
63		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	20:32.4	20:26	30	33
64		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	20:21.6	20:14.4	30	34
65		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:35.1	22:39	31	34
66		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:56	20:21.6	31	35
67		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:39	21:20	31	36
68		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:30.8	20:09.4	31	37
69		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:21	22:30	32	37
70		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:29	21:42	33	37
71		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:46.6	22:53.6	34	37
72		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:01.6	19:51.8	34	38
73		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:04	20:19	34	39
74		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:19	20:40.6 <	-- first 10-yr(race?) winning streak -->	35	39
75		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:02	20:06.2	36	39
76		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:20	20:23.8	37	39
77		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:48.4	20:53	38	39
78		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	21:38	22:09	39	39
79		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:40	20:53.4	40	39
80	1943-1945 no race	Derby	2	—	Harvard	10:09.6	10:20.8	41	39
81		Cambridge	1.75	—	Harvard	9:18	9:38	42	39
82		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:40	20:46	43	39
83		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:21.4	19:23	44	39
84		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	19:54.2	19:52.8	44	40
85		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:36.4	21:37.2	45	40
86		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:26	21:48.8	46	40
87		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	22:52.8	22:48.8	46	41
88		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:09	20:20	47	41
89		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	22:02	21:58.4	47	42
90		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	20:10	20:05	47	43
91		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	19:47.4	19:26	47	44
92		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:04	20:35.2	47	45
93		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	22:52	22:39	47	46
94		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:52	20:02	48	46
95		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:41.2	20:08.6	49	46
96		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:00	22:29.5	50	46
97		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:27	21:26	50	47
98		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:47	20:15	51	47
99		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:48.2	21:06	52	47
100		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:41.6	20:21	53	47
101		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:44	20:06	54	47
102		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:43.4	23:08.2	55	47
103		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:21	21:05.4	56	47
104		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:37.2	20:09.2	57	47
105		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	22:05	22:34	58	47
106		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:06	20:52	59	47
107		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	20:34.8	20:55.3	60	47
108		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:52.8	20:39.3	61	47
109		Cambridge	3	Upstream	Harvard	16:23	17:34	62	47
110		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	22:07	22:49	63	47
111		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	23:43.9	24:47.9	64	47
112		New London	2	Upstream	Harvard	9:42.6	9:57.7	65	47
113		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	23:26	23:39	66	47
114		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:22.9	19:25.4	67	47
115		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	18:22.4 <	--course record that still stands; margin two lengths -->	18:30.8	68	47
116		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:39.6	21:28.6	68	48
117		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:07.8	19:51.8	68	49
118		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:03	20:45	68	50
119		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	21:23.16	21:10	68	51
120		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:41.1	19:57.9	69	51
121		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:22.4	20:35	70	51
122		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	22:07	22:39.9	71	51
123		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	20:50.4	20:58.9	72	51
124		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:15.3	19:53.6	73	51
125		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:36.0	20:06.5	74	51
126		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:18.5	21:30.5	75	51
127		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	19:08.3	19:45.6	76	51
128		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:09.3	19:21.7	77	51
129		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:52.4	18:59.9	78	51
130		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:41.9	18:45.5 <	--two fastest upstream times -->	79	51
131		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:08.5	20:01.9	79	52
132		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	22:06.8	22:10.3	80	52
133		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	21:32.3	21:53.7	81	52
134		New London	4	Downstream	Yale	20:51.98	20:45.94	81	53
135		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:44.4	19:54.2	82	53
136		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:55.6	19:32.7	83	53
137		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:02.5	19:43.8	84	53
138		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:54.4	19:44.2	85	53
139		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:42.1	19:06.8	86	53
140		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:20.4	20:00.0	87	53
141		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	23:22.6	23:30.4	88	53
142		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	19:58.0	19:57.5	88	54
143		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	18:54.1	19:01.6	89	54
144		New London	4	Downstream	Harvard	21:25.6	21:45.1	90	54
145		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:40.3	19:46.2	91	54
146		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:05.7	19:19.1	92	54
147		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:41.3	19:51.2	93	54
148		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	21:17.6	21:41.3	94	54
149		New London	4	Upstream	Harvard	19:32.3	19:46.4	95	54
150		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	18:52.6	18:35.8	95	55
151		New London	4	Upstream	No Official Result	Boat Sunk	30:41	95	55
152		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	19:02.1	18:56.1	95	56
153		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	18:58.9	18:51.0	95	57
154	2020-21 no races	New London	4	Upstream	Yale	18:35.8	18:30.9	95	58
155		New London	4	Upstream	Yale	18:42.1	18:17.5	95	59

a. Yale ran into Harvard, which was leading at the turning stake.

b. Yale collided with Harvard.

c. Yale stroke broke oar and dove overboard. Yale still won the race.

d. Triangular races included Cornell. Cornell won.

e. Yale stroke ejected from shell near three-mile mark.

f. Shortest race in series history.

g. Yale's seven seat lost oar and dove overboard at two-mile mark.

h. The Harvard boat swamped in rough conditions, and the race was abandoned with Yale ahead. The race was declared to have no official result in January 2017, following an appeal.^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}

Junior Varsity race

• Number of wins: Harvard, 77; Yale, 40
• Most consecutive victories: Harvard, 9 (1967-1975)
• Narrowest winning margin: 0.2 sec (Yale, 1952)
• Largest winning margin: 1 min 20.5 sec (Yale, 1981)

-- don't use rowspan=2 or the sorting will break -->	+ Harvard–Yale Regatta junior varsity race results
No.	Date	Site	Length	Direction	Winner	Harvard time	Yale time	Harvard total	Yale total
1					Harvard	10:51	(+15 lengths)	1	—
2					Harvard		(+6 lengths)	2	—
3					Harvard		(+6 lengths)	3	—
4					Harvard		(+3 lengths)	4	—
5					Yale	(+3 lengths)	10:59.4	4	1
6					Harvard		(narrowly)	5	1
7					Harvard		(open water)	6	1
8					Yale	(+24 seconds)		6	2
9					Yale			6	3
10					Yale	(+3 lengths)	10:33.5	6	4
11					Harvard		(+9 seconds)	7	4
12					Harvard		(+6 lengths)	8	4
13					Harvard		(+4 lengths)	9	4
14					Harvard		(+10 lengths)	10	4
15					Harvard		(+18 seconds)	11	4
16					Harvard		(+7 lengths)	12	4
17					Yale	(+1/2 length)		12	5
18	1917 no race				Harvard		(+1/2 length)	13	5
19					Yale	(+3/4 length)		13	6
20					Harvard		(+8 lengths)	14	6
21					Yale			14	7
22					Harvard			15	7
23					Harvard			16	7
24					Yale	10:28.4	10:10	16	8
25					Yale	10:45	10:41	16	9
26					Yale	10:02	9:50	16	10
27					Harvard	10:36.6	10:43.6	17	10
28					Yale	9:29	9:23.4	17	11
29					Yale	11:04.8	10:45.4	17	12
30					Yale	11:12.2	11:00	17	13
31					Harvard	11:07.2	11:10.6	18	13
32					Yale	10:54	10:43	18	14
33					Harvard	8:00.6	8:05.2	19	14
34					Harvard	11:48.2	11:49.2	20	14
35					Yale	9:48.6	9:40.2	20	15
36					Yale	9:56.4	9:56	20	16
37					Yale	11:08.4	10:52.4	20	17
38					Yale	11:59.4	11:56.2	20	18
39					Harvard	10:27	10:30.4	21	18
40					Harvard	9:35	9:39	22	18
41					Harvard	11:33.4	11:41.2	23	18
42					Harvard	10:06.8	10:10.6	24	18
43	1943-1945 no race				Harvard	10:30.8	10:39.4	25	18
44					Harvard			26	18
45					Harvard	9:42	9:47	27	18
46					Harvard	9:30	9:34.4	28	18
47					Yale	9:42.6	9:36.0	28	19
48					Harvard	10:59.2	11:08.0	29	19
49					Harvard	10:08.0	10:11.6	30	19
50					Yale	11:05.4	11:05.2	30	20
51					Harvard	9:46.0	9:56.4	31	20
52					Harvard	10:44.8	10:52.4	32	20
53					Yale	10:01.0	9:53.4	32	21
54					Yale	9:51.0	9:44.0	32	22
55					Yale	16:15.2	16:04.2	32	23
56					Yale	17:29.6	17:05.6	32	24
57					Harvard	15:50.0	16:00.0	33	24
58					Harvard	15:20.0	15:22.2	34	24
59					Yale	16:28.0	16:22.5	34	25
60					Yale	15:56.6	15:49.0	34	26
61					Harvard	15:45	16:02.4	35	26
62					Harvard	15:33.2	15:41.2	36	26
63					Harvard	15:54.9	16:11.0	37	26
64					Yale	14:23.0	14:12.0	37	27
65					Harvard	18:15.4	18:27.4	38	27
66					Harvard	16:02.0	16:14.0	39	27
67					Harvard	14:43.5	15:07.0	40	27
68					Harvard	17:35.0	18:24.0	41	27
69					Harvard	15:10.8	15:20.6	42	27
70					Harvard	15:32.1	15:43.1	43	27
71					Harvard	15.19.4	16:02.4	44	27
72					Harvard	10:58	11:38	45	27
73					Harvard	16:46	17:09	46	27
74					Yale	17:43.8	17:34	46	28
75					Harvard	10:01.6	10:15.8	47	28
76					Harvard	18:01.0	18:29.4	48	28
77					Yale	14:38	14:28	48	29
78					Yale	14:45.8	14:18.0	48	30
79					Yale	17:04.7	15:44.2	48	31
80					Yale	15:32.0	15:19.0	48	32
81				Upstream	Harvard	15:24.7	15:30.8	49	32
82					Harvard	16:48.5	17:13.11	50	32
83					Harvard	14:23.5	14:47.0	51	32
84					Harvard	15:05.9	15:21.0	52	32
85					Yale	17:05.0	16:53.6	52	33
86					Harvard	15:10.0	15:18.0	53	33
87					Harvard	15:05.2	15:20.7	54	33
88					Harvard	14:57.0	15:09.4	55	33
89					Yale	16:00.8	15:43.5	55	34
90					Harvard	14:40.6	14:55.4	56	34
91					Harvard	14:27.7	14:56.8	57	34
92					Harvard	13:51.7	14:00.6	58	34
93					Harvard	13:54.7	14:11.8	59	34
94					Yale	16:42.4	16:37.6	59	35
95					Harvard	13:57.2	14:11.6	60	35
96					Harvard	16:12.6	16:18.4	61	35
97					Harvard	16:17.7	16:26.6	62	35
98					Harvard	15:01.2	15:15.7	63	35
99					Harvard	14:23.7	14:37.5	64	35
100					Harvard	14:19.0	14:45.8	65	35
101					Harvard	13:57.0	14:31.2	66	35
102					Harvard	13:46.1	14:16.4	67	35
103					Yale	14:32.9	14:12.9	67	36
104					Harvard	16:22.0	16:30.1	68	36
105					Yale	15:45.0	15:27.0	68	37
106					Harvard	14:03.2	14:23.4	69	37
107					Harvard	16:16.9	16:19.2	70	37
108					Harvard	14:46.8	15:02.4	71	37
109					Harvard	13:38	14:08	72	37
110					Harvard	14:55.5	15:27.2	73	37
111					Harvard	16:24.9	16:30.9	74	37
112					Harvard	14:15.7	14:33.1	75	37
113					Yale	13:47.9	13:43.6	75	38
114					Harvard	18:06.9	18:14.5	76	38
115		New London	3	Upstream	Yale	14:39.0	14:30.9	76	39
116		New London	3	Upstream	Yale	13:58.7	13:53.2	76	40
117	2020-21 no races	New London	3	Upstream	Harvard	14:11.1	14:23.1	77	40
118		New London	3	Upstream	Yale	13:44.9	13:25.6	77	41

Freshman/Third Varsity race

• Number of wins: Harvard, 75; Yale, 40 (1 dead heat)
• Most consecutive victories: Harvard, 11 (1965-1976)
• Narrowest winning margin: 0.4 sec (Yale, 1935)
• Largest winning margin: 46 sec (Harvard, 1940)

-- don't use rowspan=2 or the sorting will break -->	+ Harvard–Yale Regatta freshman/third varsity race results
No.	Date	Site	Length	Direction	Winner	Harvard time	Yale time	Harvard total	Yale total
1					Yale	(+6 lengths)		—	1
2					Yale	(+12 lengths)		—	2
3					Yale	(+8 lengths)		—	3
4					Yale	(+2 lengths)		—	4
5					Yale	(canvas)		—	5
6					Harvard	9:33.5	(+2 lengths)	1	5
7					Harvard		(+6 lengths)	2	5
8					Yale	(+5 lengths)	10:24.5	2	6
9					Tie	10:13	10:13	2	6
10					Yale	(+1 length)	9:43	2	7
11					Yale	(canvas)		2	8
12					Harvard		(+1 length)	3	8
13					Yale	(+1/2 length)		3	9
14					Harvard		(+1 length)	4	9
15					Harvard	9:38.5		5	9
16					Harvard		(+37 seconds)	6	9
17					Harvard		(+2 lengths)	7	9
18					Yale	(+1/2 length)		7	10
19					Harvard		(+1/2 length)	8	10
20					Harvard		(+1 length)	9	10
21					Harvard		(+4 lengths)	10	10
22					Yale	(+2 lengths)		10	11
23	1917 no race				Harvard		(+1/2 length)	11	11
24	1919-1922 no race				Harvard		(+2 lengths)	12	11
25					Yale	10:46	10:27.6	12	12
26					Yale	10:45	10:33	12	13
27					Yale	10:01	9:57.4	12	14
28					Harvard	11:00	11:12.6	13	14
29					Yale	9:22.4	9:18	13	15
30					Yale	10:43.4	10:33	13	16
31					Yale	11:09.6	11:07	13	17
32					Harvard	11:02.8	11:17.6	14	17
33					Yale	10:35.4	10:25	14	18
34					Yale	8:30.8	8:16.2	14	19
35					Yale	12:26.4	12:06.4	14	20
36					Yale	9:51	9:47.6	14	21
37					Yale	9:46.4	9:46	14	22
38					Harvard	11:01	11:05	15	22
39					Yale	12:23	12:14.2	15	23
40					Harvard	10:05	10:14.4	16	23
41					Harvard	10:20	10:30.8	17	23
42					Harvard	11:53	12:39	18	23
43					Harvard	9:51.4	10:01.8	19	23
44	1943-1946 no race				Harvard	10:16.6	10:29.4	20	23
45					Yale	9:47	9:43	20	24
46					Harvard	9:34	9:41.4	21	24
47					Harvard	9:32.0	9:34.6	22	24
48					Harvard	11:06.2	11:16.0	23	24
49					Harvard	10:27.4	10:42.3	24	24
50					Harvard	11:33.4	11:40.4	25	24
51					Yale	9:44.5	9:43.0	25	25
52					Harvard	11:06.4	11:25.0	26	25
53					Yale	9:49	9:40	26	26
54					Yale	9:52.1	9:38.2	26	27
55					Yale	10:35.0	10:29.0	26	28
56					Harvard	11:13	11:17	27	28
57					Yale	10:45.9	10:44.4	27	29
58					Harvard	10:12.10	10:17.4	28	29
59					Yale	11:14.0	10:54.8	28	30
60					Harvard	9:43.8	9:48.4	29	30
61					Harvard	9:35.0	9:45.0	30	30
62					Yale	10:05.0	10:01.0	30	31
63					Harvard	10:45.2	10:57.2	31	31
64					Harvard	9:23.4	9:32.4	32	31
65					Harvard	11:51.0	12:14.4	33	31
66					Harvard	10:45.5	11:02.9	34	31
67	1970 no race				Harvard	9:53.3	10:01.1	35	31
68					Harvard	9:29.4	9:48.4	36	31
69					Harvard	9:58.7	(+7 lengths)	37	31
70					Harvard	10:29.5	10:34.9	38	31
71					Harvard	11:10	11:19	39	31
72					Harvard	11:01	11:05	40	31
73					Harvard	11:13.6	11:27.6	41	31
74					Yale	9:56.8	9:51.6	41	32
75					Harvard	11:56.0	12:13.2	42	32
76					Harvard	9:05.4	9:09.2	43	32
77					Yale	9:48.0	9:42.9	43	33
78					Yale	10:46.5	10:42.0	43	34
79					Harvard	9:59.0	10:13.0	44	34
80					Harvard	10:10.7	10:26.7	45	34
81					Harvard	10:18	10:36.4	46	34
82					Yale	9:23.5	9:19.6	46	35
83					Harvard	10:04.6	10:27.3	47	35
84					Harvard	11:31.0	11:50.6	48	35
85					Harvard	10:01.6	10:12.2	49	35
86					Harvard	10:19.8	10:21.6	50	35
87					Harvard	10:03.3	10:21.8	51	35
88					Harvard	10:34.5	10:43.8	52	35
89					Harvard	10:01.7	10:26.5	53	35
90					Harvard	10:01.7	10:07.6	54	35
91					Harvard	9:22.6	9:41.2	55	35
92					Yale	9:01	8:49	55	36
93					Yale	11:06.4	10:43.0	55	37
94					Harvard	10:53	10:57	56	37
95					Harvard	10:45	10:52	57	37
96					Harvard	10:36.97	10:47.14	58	37
97					Yale	9:42.6	9:33.3	58	38
98					Harvard	9:39.4	9:56.8	59	38
99					Harvard	9:23.4	9:38.8	60	38
100					Harvard	9:49.4	10:06.8	61	38
101					Harvard	8:46.1	8:50.0	62	38
102					Harvard	9:06.1	9:13.6	63	38
103					Yale	11:05.0	11:04.5	63	39
104					Harvard	10:01.13	10:11.69	64	39
105					Harvard	8:53.8	9:01.3	65	39
106					Harvard	10:43.2	10:50.1	66	39
107				Upstream	Harvard	9:32.7	9:47.6	67	39
108				Upstream	Harvard	9:03.2	9:24.2	68	39
109				Upstream	Harvard	10:25.6	10:34.1	69	39
110				Upstream	Harvard	10:29.5	11:00.8	70	39
111				Upstream	Harvard	9:19.6	9:22.8	71	39
112				Upstream	Harvard	9:23.0	9:27.4	72	39
113				Upstream	Harvard	11:39.7	12:23.1	73	39
114				Upstream	Yale	9:39.9	9:33.7	73	40
115		New London	2	Upstream	Harvard	9:08.42	9:11.32	74	40
116	2020-21 no races	New London	2	Upstream	Harvard	9:49.8	9:55.6	75	40
117		New London	2	Upstream	Yale	8:19.5	8:14.3	75	41

a. Final time an entry was composed entirely of freshmen.^[20]

b. Yale's 3V8 competed in this event.^[21]

4V | Combination Race

Begun in 1920, the combination boat is crewed by rowers from the third varsity and second freshman boats, the strongest substitutes available to the junior varsity and freshman boats.

• Number of wins: Harvard, 18; Yale, 5

-- don't use rowspan=2 or the sorting will break -->
No.	Date	Site	Length	Direction	Winner	Harvard time	Yale time	Harvard total	Yale total
1					Harvard			1	—
2					Harvard		(+1/2 length)	2	—
3		New London	2		Yale		(+1/2 length)	2	1
4		New London	2		Harvard			3	1
5		New London	2		Yale	+17 secs		3	2
6		New London	2		Harvard			4	2
7		New London	2		Yale			4	3
8		New London	2		Harvard	10:09.4	10:18.0	5	3
9		New London	2		Yale	9:21.9	9:17.4	5	4
10		New London	2		Harvard			6	4
11		New London	2		Harvard	9:29.36	9:39.79	7	4
12		New London	2		Harvard	8:55.3	9:07.4	8	4
13		New London	2		Harvard			9	4
14		New London	2		Harvard		+4 secs	10	4
15		New London	2		Harvard	9:28	9:40	11	4
16		New London	2		Harvard	11:22	11:48	12	4
17		New London	2		Harvard	11:55.0	11:58.6	13	4
18		New London	2		Harvard	12:40.64	13:54.20	14	4
19		New London	2		Harvard	9:48	10:16	15	4
20		New London	2		Harvard	9:36.67	9:54.86	16	4
21		New London	2		Harvard	9:50	10:04	17	4
22		New London	2		Yale	9:27.7	9:23.2	17	5
23	2020-21 no races	New London	2		Yale	9:57.2	9:55.0	17	6
24		New London	2		Yale	9:44.59	9:38.69	17	7

a. This was the inaugural contest for the James P. Snider Cup.

See also

• Head of the Charles Regatta
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association
• National Collegiate Rowing Championship
• The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge (UK)
• The Great Race between University of Waikato and a prominent university team (or teams) from outside New Zealand (New Zealand)

References

Citations

• Lewis, Guy. The Beginning of Organized Collegiate Sport, American Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2, Part 1. (Summer, 1970), pp. 222–229.

Further reading

• Mendenhall, Thomas C. The Harvard–Yale Boat Race 1852–1924 and the coming of sport to the American college (Mystic Seaport Museum, 1970,)
• Whiton, James M. "The First Harvard–Yale Regatta". Outlook LXVIII (June 1901): 286-89.

External links

• Harvard Men's Heavyweight Crew — one of four Crew subsites
• Yale Heavyweight Crew — one of three Crew subsites
• The Calling by Justin Zimmerman — documentary film on the first Regatta and the modern sport of crew

Notes and References

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4. https://patriciahysell.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/03-harvard-yale-regatta-program-from-1963.jpg?w=720
5. http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-2p4ip/products/3276/images/5174/DSCF0445_001__52709.1448456200.386.513.JPG?c=2
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9. http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/b6UAAOSw9a5XPnPb/s-l225.jpg
10. Lewis, p. 224.
11. Book: Herrick . Robert . Red Top - Reminiscences of Harvard Rowing . 1948 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, MA . 71 . First .
12. http://www.firstharvardyalerace.com firstharvardyalerace.com
13. http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/050240.html "Harvard–Yale Boat Race Turns 150"
14. Web site: Current students, alumni preparing for 150th rowing of the Harvard-Yale Regatta. Lindsay. Boyle. www.theday.com.
15. Web site: Yale overwhelms Harvard in the 150th Boat Race - the Boston Globe. The Boston Globe.
16. Web site: Benbow . Julian . Harvard boat sinks, regatta vs. Yale ruled no contest . BostonGlobe.com . Jun 13, 2016 . Jun 30, 2016.
17. Web site: Alderman . Joel . Harvard crew not finishing race against Yale this month is somewhat like 1874 when Yale stopped rowing after collision with Harvard's shell . SportzEdge . Jun 28, 2016 . Jun 30, 2016.
18. News: Fuller . Jim . Chaotic Harvard-Yale Regatta produces cloudy result . New Haven Register . 2016-06-12 . 2016-06-30.
19. Web site: Official ruling: No result on disputed Harvard-Yale regatta | Boston Herald . 2017-02-10 . 2017-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075850/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/02/official_ruling_no_result_on_disputed_harvard_yale_regatta . dead .
20. http://static.psbin.com/n/v/jb68878usgsxbc/2018_HY_Program.pdf{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
21. Web site: EARC HW Men: Harvard/Yale Regatta, June 9, 2013 - Rowing Regatta Results | row2k.com. row2k.