2016 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 7–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (11th season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (8th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–3 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third. Harvard averaged 14,741 fans per game.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhode Island* | ASN | W 51–21 | 12,167 | ||
September 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at Brown | OWSPN | W 32–22 | 8,174 | ||
September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Georgetown* | No. 25 |
| ESPN3 | W 31–17 | 7,138 |
October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | No. 22 |
| OWSPN | W 29–13 | 11,509 |
October 15 | 1:05 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | No. 20 | CI | L 17–27 | 9,115 | |
October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton | ILDN | W 23–20 OT | 9,963 | ||
October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | No. 24 |
| ILDN | W 23–21 | 7,012 |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia | No. 23 |
| OWSPN | W 28–21 | 11,233 |
November 11 | 8:00 p.m. | at Penn | No. 24 | NBCSN | L 14–27 | 5,092 | |
November 19 | 12:30 p.m. | Yale |
| CNBC | L 14–21 | 31,662 | |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 20 | RV | 24 | 23 | 24 | RV | RV | |
Coaches | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | RV | — |
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