2018 Harvard Crimson football team

2018 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Ivy League
2018 record 3–2 (1–1 Ivy)
Head coach Tim Murphy (25th season)
Offensive coordinator Joel Lamb
Defensive coordinator Scott Larkee
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
(Capacity: 30,323)
2018 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Dartmouth  2 –0     4 –0  
No. 25 Princeton  1 –0     4 –0  
Yale  1 –1     2 –2  
Cornell  1 –1     2 –2  
Harvard  1 –1     2 –2  
Penn  0 –1     3 –1  
Columbia  0 –1     3 –1  
Brown  0 –1     1 –3  
  • The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represents Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They are led by 25th year head coach Tim Murphy and play their home games at Harvard Stadium.

Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2017 season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play, to place in tie for fifth place.

Schedule

The 2018 schedule will consist of six home games and four away games. The Crimson will host Ivy League foes Princeton, Columbia, and Yale for the 135th edition of The Game, and will travel to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.

Harvard's non-conference opponents will be San Diego of the Pioneer Football League, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Holy Cross of the Patriot League.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1512:00 p.m.San Diego*
ESPN+W 36–148,709
September 217:00 p.m.at Brown
ESPNUW 31–179,309
September 287:00 p.m.No. 22 Rhode Island*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Allston, MA
ESPN+L 16–239,123
October 61:30 p.m.at Cornell
ESPN+L 24–288,040
October 127:00 p.m.Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Allston, MA
ESPN+W 33–3110,056
October 2012:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Allston, MA (rivalry)
ESPN+
October 271:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
ESPN+
November 312:00 p.m.Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Allston, MA
ESPN+/NESN
November 101:00 p.m.at Penn
ESPN+
November 1712:00 p.m.vs. Yale
ESPN Net

Game summaries

San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 3 3 8 0 14
Crimson 27 0 3 6 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 September 21, 2013 W, 42–20

at Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 14 10 0 7 31
Bears 3 0 7 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
85–30–2 September 23, 2017 W, 45–28

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Rams 2 14 7 0 23
Crimson 3 0 6 7 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 September 16, 2017 L, 10–17

at Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 7 0 10 7 24
Big Red 0 7 7 14 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–33–2 October 7, 2017 L, 14–17

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 7 17 31
Crimson 9 11 10 3 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–25–2 October 15, 2016 L, 17–27

Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Crimson 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
48–55–7 October 20, 2017 L, 17–52

at Dartmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0
Big Green 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
71–45–5 October 28, 2017 W, 25–22

Columbia

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0
Crimson 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
61–14–1 November 4, 2017 W, 21–14

at Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0
Quakers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
48–38–2 November 11, 2017 L, 6–23

vs. Yale

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
59–67–8 November 18, 2017 L, 3–24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV NR RV RV RV NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV NR

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Harvard Football Schedule". Harvard University Athletics. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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