1919 Harvard Crimson football team

1919 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (CFRA, NCF, Davis)
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Oregon
Conference Independent
1919 record 9–0–1
Head coach Bob Fisher (1st season)
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
1919 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre   –    9 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –0
Harvard   –    9 –0 –1
Navy   –    7 –1 –0
Penn State   –    7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    6 –1 –1
West Virginia   –    8 –2 –0
Wash. & Jeff.   –    6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –    8 –3 –0
Penn   –    6 –2 –1
Pittsburgh   –    6 –2 –1
Army   –    6 –3 –0
USC   –    4 –1 –0
Yale   –    5 –3 –0
Villanova   –    5 –3 –1
Montana   –    2 –3 –2
Idaho   –    2 –3 –0
SBUC   –    2 –6 –0
Drexel   –    0 –4 –0

The 1919 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1919 college football season. They finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named as the 1919 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 229 to 19.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 27 Bates Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 53–0    
October 4 Boston College Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 17–0   20,000
October 11 Colby Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 35–0    
October 18 Brown Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 7–0    
October 25 Virginia Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 47–0    
November 1 Springfield (MA) Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 20–0    
November 8 at Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) T 10–10    
November 15 Tufts Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 23–0    
November 22 Yale Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (Rivalry) W 10–3    
January 1, 1920 vs. Oregon Tournament Park • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 7–6   35,000

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References

  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "1919 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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