1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team

1875 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1875 record 4–0
Head coach No coach
Captain William A. Whiting
1875 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    4 –0 –0
Columbia   –    4 –1 –1
Princeton   –    2 –0 –0
Rutgers   –    1 –1 –1
Yale   –    2 –2 –0
Stevens Tech   –    3 –3 –0
Tufts   –    0 –1 –0
NYU   –    0 –1 –0
Wesleyan   –    0 –1 –0
Canada All-Stars   –    0 –2 –0
CCNY   –    0 –3 –0

The 1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] The team captain was William A. Whiting.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 23 at Canada All-Stars Montreal, QC W 1–0  
October 27 at Tufts Medford, MA W 1–0  
November 13 at Yale Hamilton Park • New Haven, CT (Rivalry) W 4–0  
May 8, 1876 Canada All-Stars Cambridge, MA W 1–0  

References

  1. ↑ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Results". Harvard University. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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