1926 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1926 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach Arnold Horween, Harvard compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 105. Clement D. Coady was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1926 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainClement D. Coady
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Uniform
1926 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Lafayette   –  9 –0 –0
No. 10 Brown   –  9 –0 –1
NYU   –  8 –1 –0
No. 9 Army   –  7 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  7 –1 –1
Boston College   –  6 –0 –2
No. 10 Penn   –  7 –1 –1
Cornell   –  6 –1 –1
Princeton   –  5 –1 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –2 –0
Springfield   –  6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –  7 –2 –1
Villanova   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –2
Columbia   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –2 –2
CCNY   –  5 –3 –0
Temple   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Tufts   –  4 –4 –0
Yale   –  4 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –5 –1
Fordham   –  3 –4 –1
Harvard   –  3 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –6 –0
Vermont   –  3 –6 –0
Drexel   –  2 –5 –0
Boston University   –  2 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  1 –8 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  0 –8 –1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Geneva
L 7–16
October 9 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 14–19
October 16William & Mary
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 27–7
October 23 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 16–12
October 30Tufts
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 69–6
November 6Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–1255,000[3]
November 13 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–21
November 21at Yale
L 7–12[4]

References
  1. "1926 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Tigers Triumph Over Harvard in First "Big 3" Football Game: Harvard's Hopes Are Higher Than Ability as Princeton Sweeps on to 12-0 Victory". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 7, 1926. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Albert W. Keane (November 21, 1926). "Yale Fights Uphill Battle To Win 12-7". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.


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