1889 Harvard Crimson football team

1889 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1889 record 9–2
Head coach No coach
Captain Arthur Cumnock
1889 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton   –    10 –0 –0
Yale   –    15 –1 –0
Harvard   –    9 –2 –0
Virginia   –    4 –2 –0
USC   –    2 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –    1 –0 –0
North Carolina   –    1 –1 –0
Washington   –    0 –1 –0
Michigan   –    1 –2 –0
Columbia   –    2 –7 –2

The 1889 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1889 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 9–2 record. The team won its first ten games by a combined score of 404–6, but lost its last two games against Princeton and Yale, giving up 41 points against Princeton.[1][2]

Three Harvard players were selected as first-team players on the 1889 College Football All-America Team: end and team Arthur Cumnock, halfback James P. Lee, and guard John Cranston.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Phillips Exeter Cambridge, MAW 28–0 [4]
October 5 Stevens
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 28–4 [5]
October 12 Dartmouth
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 38–0 [6]
October 16 MIT Cambridge, MAW 62–0
October 19 Williams Cambridge, MAW 41–0
October 23 Andover Cambridge, MAW 41–0
October 26 Wesleyan Cambridge, MAW 64–0
November 2 Penn Cambridge, MAW 35–0 [7]
November 9vs. Wesleyan Springfield, MAW 67–2 [8]
November 16 Princeton Cambridge, MAL 15–41 [9]
November 23vs. Yale
L 0–615,000[10]

References

  1. ↑ "1889 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. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Football at Harvard: First Game of the Season -- Exeter Defeated". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1889. p. 8 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  5. ↑ "Touchdown for Stevens: Harvard Fails to Shut Out Light Men". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1889 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  6. ↑ "Harvard's Goal: Dartmouth Eleven Easily Defeated -- Score 38 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1889. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  7. ↑ "Harvard Beats Pennsylvania". The New York Times. November 3, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan". The New York Times. November 10, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Harvard Went To Pieces". The New York Times. November 17, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Yale Wins From Harvard". The New York Times. November 24, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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