1887 Harvard Crimson football team

1887 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1887 record 10–1
Head coach No coach
1887 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    9 –0 –0
Michigan   –    5 –0 –0
California   –    4 –0 –0
Minnesota   –    2 –0 –0
Harvard   –    10 –1 –0
Princeton   –    7 –2 –0
Navy   –    3 –1 –0
Virginia   –    0 –0 –1
Rutgers   –    3 –6 –0
Massachusetts   –    2 –3 –0
Indiana   –    0 –1 –0
Purdue   –    0 –1 –0
Cornell   –    0 –2 –0
Notre Dame   –    0 –3 –0

The 1887 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1887 college football season. They finished with a 10–1 record. In the first 10 games of the season, the Crimson outscored opponents 652 to 6.[1][2] The sole loss came in the final game on November 24, 1887, a 17-8 loss against Yale in New York, New York.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5at Tufts Medford, MAW 86–0
October 12at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 68–0
October 15 MIT
W 62–0
October 19 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 52–6
October 22 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 98–0
October 26 Tufts
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 68–0
October 29 Phillips Exeter
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 54–0
November 5 Wesleyan
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 110–0[4]
November 12 Princeton
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 12–0[5]
November 19 Penn
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 42–0[6]
November 24at Yale New Haven, CTL 8–17[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1887 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Yale Outplays Harvard". The New York Times. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Harvard Vs. Wesleyan". The Sun. November 6, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Winning At Football". New York Daily Tribune. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Foot-Ball At Cambridge". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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