1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team

1876 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1876 record 3–1
Head coach No coach
Captain Nathaniel Curtis
1876 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      3 0 0
Rutgers      1 0 0
Harvard      3 1 0
Princeton      3 2 0
Stevens Tech      2 2 1
Penn      1 2 0
Canada All-Stars      0 1 0
McGill      0 1 0
NYU      0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars      0 1 0
Columbia      1 3 0

The 1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1876 college football season. They finished with a 3–1 record.[1] The team captain was Nathaniel Curtis.[2]

On November 18, 1876, the second Harvard–Yale football rivalry game was played before a crowd of approximately 2,000 people at Hamilton Park in New Haven, Connecticut. Walter Camp played for Yale, which won the game 1–0.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 28, 1876 at Canada All-Stars Montreal, QC W 2–0  
October 30, 1876 at McGill Montreal, QC W 1–0  
November 18, 1876 at Yale New Haven, CT (Rivalry) L 0–1  
April 28, 1877 Princeton Cambridge, MA (Rivalry) W 1–0  

References

  1. "1876 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Game Between The Harvard and Yale Clubs At Hamilton Park - Yale Wins". New York Herald. November 19, 1876. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
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