1943 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1943 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Henry Lamar, the team compiled a 2–2–1 record and was outscored 39-34 by opponents. Lloyd M. Anderson was the team captain.[1]

1943 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2–1
Head coach
CaptainLloyd M. Anderson
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College   –  4 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –1 –0
Rochester   –  6 –1 –0
No. 11 Army   –  7 –2 –1
Holy Cross   –  6 –2 –0
Tufts   –  6 –2 –0
No. 20 Penn   –  6 –2 –1
Brown   –  5 –3 –0
Villanova   –  5 –3 –0
Colgate   –  5 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
Cornell   –  6 –4 –0
Harvard   –  2 –2 –1
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –5 –0
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
CCNY   –  1 –3 –1
Princeton   –  1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –4 –1
Columbia   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

For 1943, and again in 1944, rather than scheduling its usual mix of Ivy League opponents and national college football powerhouses, Harvard played a shorter schedule of smaller New England colleges and military teams. Its football record book describes these two World War II-era seasons as "informal".[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Harvard ranked 188th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 41.9.[2]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 3:00 p.m. at Camp Edwards
W 7–0 10,000 [3][4][5]
October 9 WPI
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–13 8,000 [6]
November 6 2:30 p.m. Camp Edwards
W 14–7 4,500 [7][8]
November 13 Tufts
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–13 10,000 [9]
November 20 Boston College
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 6–6 45,000 [10]

References
  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. Nason, Jerry (October 2, 1943). "Holy Cross Favored Against Bruin Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Harvard Club Upsets Camp Edwards, 7 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 3, 1943. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Harvard Whips Camp Edwards". Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald. Portland, Maine. October 3, 1943. p. B7. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Harvard Is Upset by Worcester, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. S3.
  7. Webb, Melville (November 6, 1943). "Harvard Opposes Edwards' Eleven After Month's Rest". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. Webb, Melville (November 7, 1943). "Harvard Defeats Soldiers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 28. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Tufts Rally Tops Harvard, 13 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 14, 1943. p. S3.
  10. "45,000 See Harvard Rally to Tie Boston College, 6-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 21, 1943. p. S3.
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