1887 Harvard Crimson football team

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]

1887 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumJarvis Field
1887 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    9 0 0
Penn State    2 0 0
Harvard    10 1 0
Lafayette    7 2 0
Princeton    7 2 0
Lehigh    4 3 0
Williams    3 3 0
Penn    6 7 0
Wesleyan    4 5 0
Tufts    4 6 0
Massachusetts    2 3 0
Rutgers    2 6 0
Bucknell    0 2 0
Cornell    0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall    0 2 0
Vermont    0 2 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Tufts Medford, MAW 86–0
October 12at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 68–0
October 15 MITW 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 242:00 p.m.vs. Yale L 8–1715,000[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. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "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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