1888 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
1888 Harvard Crimson football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 12–1 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Jarvis Field, Holmes Field |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | – | 13 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | – | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinity (CT) | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | – | 9 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wesleyan | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worcester Tech | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swarthmore | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season. They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst on November 3. The Crimson suffered its sole loss, to Princeton, losing by an 18–6 score on November 17. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn by a 50–0 score.[1][2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 6 | at WPI | Worcester, MA | W 70–0 | 4,000 | [3] |
October 13 | MIT | W 18–0 | [4] | ||
October 17 | at Phillips Exeter | Exeter, NH | W 39–6 | [5] | |
October 20 | at Wesleyan | Middletown, CT | W 34–0 | [6] | |
October 24 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA | W 14–6 | [7] | |
October 25 | at Andover | Andover, MA | W 66–0 | [8] | |
October 27 | WPI |
| W 68–0 | [9] | |
October 30 | Dartmouth |
| W 74–0 | [10] | |
October 31 | MIT |
| W 42–0 | [11] | |
November 3 | Amherst | Cambridge, MA | W 102–0 | [12] | |
November 10 | Wesleyan |
| W 50–2 | [13] | |
November 17 | at Princeton | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | L 6–18 | [14][15] | |
November 19 | at Penn | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | W 50–0 | [16][17] |
References
- ^ "1888 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Harvard Wins: The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Scored Against Harvard: Phillips Exeter Team Beaten by Varsity Boys, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0: Cambridge Kickers Show their Mettle at Middletown". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Foot Ball in the Mud: Harvard Varsity Eleven Defeats Williams, 14 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Harvard at Andover: Varsity Eleven Defeats Phillips by 66 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1888. p. 11 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1888. p. 6 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Victory for Harvard: Dartmouth Receives a Severe Drubbing on Holmes Field". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Hot Foot Ball Work: Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 1, 1888. p. 10 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Big Score by Harvard: Amherst Defeated to the Tune of 102 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Football in Mud". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Triumphant Princeton". New York Daily Tribune. November 18, 1888. p. 2.
- ^ "'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!Siss-s-s-s Boom Ah! Princeton". The Boston Daily Globe. November 18, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
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