First Game in Northeastern History
Box Score
Northeastern vs. Harvard April 2, 1921 at Cambridge, Massachusetts (Soldiers' Field) The First Game NORTHEASTERN 4 (0-1) HARVARD 16 Name (Pos) AB R H Name (Pos) AB R H Kelley CF 5 0 1 Conlan SS 2 3 1 Rosenblatt SS 5 1 4 Thayer LF 2 3 4 Lawler 1B 4 0 0 Emmons 2B 4 1 0 Dawe PH (9) 1 0 0 Owen 1B 6 3 1 Turner RF 5 1 1 Buell 3B 4 2 1 Fitzmaurice 3B 3 1 1 Janin RF 5 2 1 Morgan LF 3 1 1 Crocker CF 6 2 3 Brown 2B 4 0 3 Blair C 3 0 0 Newman C 4 0 0 Murphy C 2 0 0 Bliss P 1 0 0 Goode P 2 0 1 Ellms P 3 0 1 Russell P 2 0 0 Score by innings R H E ------------------------------------- NORTHEASTERN 004 000 000 - 4 12 3 HARVARD 361 010 32x - 16 15 0 ------------------------------------- E - Rosenblatt, Turner, Fitzmaurice 2B- Crocker, Owen 3B- Conlon, Owen HR- Crocker SB- Janin 3, Crocker, Blair, Lawler SH- Emmons 2, Janin NORTHEASTERN IP H R ER BB SO HARVARD IP H R ER BB SO Bliss L,0-1 3 0 Goode 2 5 Ellms 3 3 Russell 0 6 WP - Bliss PB - Newman Time: 2:35 Umpire - McLaughlin NOTES - Husky baseball made its debut in May of 1921 against a Crimson nine that had been fielding teams (with the exception of 1917) since 1865. The Crimson would finish 1921 with an 18-8 record. The Huskies would not play again for another three weeks, when they played their first home game at the Huntington Avenue Grounds and lost to Tufts Dental School by a 12-8 count. The Engineers would lose to Norwich (VT) University before tying St. Michael's by a 3-3 count on May 3. The first victory in program history would come another three weeks later. On May 21, 1921 Northeastern toppped Middlebury College by an 11-7 count at the Grounds. They would fall to Springield on the road before concluding the initial campaign with a convincing 7-2 win over Clark University on June 11.
Game played as the Northeastern Engineers, the nickname "Huskies " wasn't introduced until 1927. 
