1896 Harvard Crimson football team

1896 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1896 record 7–4
Head coach Bert Waters (1st season)
Captain Edgar Wrightington
Home stadium Soldiers' Field

The 1896 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1896 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–4 record under first-year head coach Bert Waters. The team won its first six games, but lost four of the final five games, including losses to rivals Princeton and Penn.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26 Williams
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 6–0
October 3 Trinity
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 34–0
October 7 Newton A.C.
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 18–0
October 10 Wesleyan
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 28–0
October 17 Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 12–0
October 24at Cornell Ithaca, NYW 13–4
October 28vs. Harvard alumni L 5–8
October 31 Carlisle
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 4–0
November 7 Princeton
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–12
November 14 Boston Athletic
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 6–8
November 21at Penn PhiladelphiaL 6–8

References

  1. ↑ "1896 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.
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