2023 Harvard Crimson football team
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Ivy League co-champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 8–2 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mickey Fein (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (14th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
Seasons ← 2022 2024 → |
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Yale + | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth + | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 29th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston. With a win against the Penn on November 11, the Crimson clinched a share of the Ivy League title.
Preseason
Ivy League media poll
The Ivy League's preseason prediction poll was released on August 7, 2023. The Crimson were predicted to finish fourth in the conference.[1]
Ivy League media poll | ||
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Yale | 122 (13) |
2 | Princeton | 103 (1) |
3 | Penn | 90 |
4 | Harvard | 84 (1) |
5 | Columbia | 62 (1) |
6 | Dartmouth | 54 |
7 | Cornell | 37 |
8 | Brown | 24 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | St. Thomas (MN)* | ESPN+ | W 45–13 | 6,217 | ||
September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Brown |
| ESPN+ | W 34–31 | 15,838 | |
September 30 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Holy Cross* |
| ESPN+ | W 38–28 | 7,906 | |
October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Cornell | No. 21 |
| ESPN2 | W 41–23 | 10,050 |
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Howard* | No. 19 |
| ESPN+ | W 48–7 | 7,678 |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton | No. 18 | ESPN+ | L 14–21 | 8,345 | |
October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Dartmouth![]() |
| NESN/ESPN+ | W 17–9 | 22,515 | |
November 4 | 12:30 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPN+ | W 38–24 | 3,723 | ||
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Penn | No. 24 |
| ESPN+ | W 25–23 3OT | 7,032 |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Yale | No. 23 | ESPNU | L 18–23 | 51,127 | |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 19 | 18 | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | RV | RV |
Coaches | — | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | RV |
Personnel
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Offense
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Game summaries
St. Thomas (MN)
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tommies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Crimson | 21 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | STMN | HARV |
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First downs | 21 | 14 |
Total yards | 312 | 347 |
Rushing yards | 96 | 255 |
Passing yards | 216 | 92 |
Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
Time of possession | 40:11 | 19:49 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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St. Thomas | Passing | Amari Powell | 15/25, 146 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Hope Adebayo | 15 rushes, 62 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Andrew McElroy | 7 receptions, 121 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 7/18, 92 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Charles DePrima | 10 rushes, 113 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Tyler Neville | 3 receptions, 37 yards, TD |
Brown
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Crimson | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
at Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: September 22
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Clear, 61 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 15,838
- Referee: Jeremy DeAngulo
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | BRWN | HARV |
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First downs | 29 | 24 |
Total yards | 447 | 464 |
Rushing yards | 81 | 261 |
Passing yards | 366 | 203 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Time of possession | 34:25 | 25:35 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Brown | Passing | Justin Wilcox | 36/52, 366 yards, TD |
Rushing | Jordan DeLucia | 7 rushes, 26 yards | |
Receiving | Wes Rockett | 9 receptions, 149 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 15/26, 203 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 16 rushes, 152 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 10 receptions, 132 yards, TD |
At No. 6 Holy Cross
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Crimson | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
No. 6 Crusaders | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
at Polar Park, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Date: September 30
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 62 °F (17 °C)
- Game attendance: 7,906
- Referee: Paul Matt Overton
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | HARV | HC |
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First downs | 20 | 19 |
Total yards | 360 | 468 |
Rushing yards | 209 | 148 |
Passing yards | 151 | 320 |
Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
Time of possession | 33:46 | 26:14 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 9/20, 151 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Charles DePrima | 16 rushes, 89 yards | |
Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 5 receptions, 73 yards, TD | |
Holy Cross | Passing | Matthew Sluka | 15/26, 320 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Matthew Sluka | 20 rushes, 83 yards | |
Receiving | Jalen Coker | 7 receptions, 176 yards, 2 TD |
Cornell
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Big Red | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
No. 21 Crimson | 7 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 41 |
at Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: October 6
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Clear, 67 °F (19 °C)
- Game attendance: 10,050
- Referee: Alexander Randolph
- TV: ESPN2
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | COR | HARV |
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First downs | 27 | 20 |
Total yards | 354 | 452 |
Rushing yards | 111 | 243 |
Passing yards | 243 | 209 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 35:19 | 24:41 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Cornell | Passing | Jameson Wang | 21/34, 165 yards |
Rushing | Jameson Wang | 14 rushes, 25 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Nicholas Laboy | 5 receptions, 66 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 12/19, 209 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Charles DePrima | 9 rushes, 152 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Tim Dowd | 2 receptions, 73 yards |
Howard
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 19 Crimson | 7 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 48 |
at Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: October 14
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 61 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 7,678
- Referee: Antonio Marcella
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | HOW | HARV |
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First downs | 15 | 24 |
Total yards | 274 | 469 |
Rushing yards | 139 | 341 |
Passing yards | 135 | 128 |
Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Time of possession | 29:03 | 30:57 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Howard | Passing | Quinton Williams | 11/22, 111 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Eden James | 13 rushes, 47 yards | |
Receiving | Richie Ilarraza | 4 receptions, 43 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 11/17, 128 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Isaiah Abbey | 16 rushes, 120 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Scott Woods II | 3 receptions, 60 yards, TD |
At Princeton
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 18 Crimson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, Princeton, New Jersey
- Date: October 21
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 8,345
- Referee: Todd Boyd
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | HARV | PRIN |
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First downs | 14 | 15 |
Total yards | 220 | 327 |
Rushing yards | 68 | 83 |
Passing yards | 152 | 244 |
Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
Time of possession | 31:52 | 28:08 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 15/36, 152 yards, TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 17 rushes, 65 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Kaedyn Odermann | 4 receptions, 57 yards, TD | |
Princeton | Passing | Blake Stenstrom | 21/36, 244 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Ja'Derris Carr | 14 rushes, 56 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Luke Colella | 5 receptions, 98 yards |
Dartmouth
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Big Green | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Crimson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: October 28
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 78 °F (26 °C)
- Game attendance: 22,515
- Referee: Jeff Pumphrey
- TV: NESN/ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | DART | HARV |
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First downs | 21 | 18 |
Total yards | 325 | 264 |
Rushing yards | 83 | 228 |
Passing yards | 242 | 36 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 28:27 | 31:33 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Dartmouth | Passing | Dylan Cadwallader | 24/37, 186 yards, INT |
Rushing | Q. Jones | 11 rushes, 50 yards | |
Receiving | Paxton Scott | 7 receptions, 72 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 4/9, 23 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 24 rushes, 156 yards | |
Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 2 receptions, 9 yards |
Starting quarterback Charles DePrima was benched in the second quarter after throwing his second interception of the game. Jade Craig would step in at quarterback for the rest of the game. With the win, head coach Tim Murphy broke the record for most Ivy League wins by a coach, with 136.[4]
At Columbia
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Crimson | 17 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
Lions | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, New York City, New York
- Date: November 4
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 54 °F (12 °C)
- Game attendance: 3,723
- Referee: Paul Matt Overton
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | HARV | COLU |
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First downs | 16 | 22 |
Total yards | 401 | 330 |
Rushing yards | 137 | 115 |
Passing yards | 264 | 215 |
Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Time of possession | 28:48 | 31:12 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Harvard | Passing | Jaden Craig | 13/18, 264 yards, TD |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 18 rushes, 89 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Tim Dowd | 3 receptions, 123 yards, TD | |
Columbia | Passing | Joe Green | 24/40, 215 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Joey Giorgi | 19 rushes, 92 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Edan Stagg | 7 receptions, 82 yards |
Penn
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
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Quakers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
No. 24 Crimson | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: November 11
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 48 °F (9 °C)
- Game attendance: 7,032
- Referee: Henry Wimberg
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Overtime
Second overtime
Third overtime
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Statistics | PENN | HARV |
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First downs | 18 | 24 |
Total yards | 341 | 384 |
Rushing yards | 109 | 131 |
Passing yards | 232 | 253 |
Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Time of possession | 23:56 | 36:04 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Penn | Passing | Aidan Sayin | 21/36, 215 yards, INT |
Rushing | Malachi Hosley | 22 rushes, 109 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Bryce Myers | 8 receptions, 66 yards | |
Harvard | Passing | Jaden Craig | 23/36, 253 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 27 rushes, 88 yards | |
Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 8 receptions, 125 yards, TD |
At Yale
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 23 Crimson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy, 50 °F (10 °C)
- Game attendance: 51,127
- Referee: Tim Barker
- TV: ESPNU
- Box score, Recap
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Statistics | HARV | YALE |
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First downs | 16 | 20 |
Total yards | 318 | 260 |
Rushing yards | 73 | 170 |
Passing yards | 245 | 90 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 24:33 | 35:27 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Harvard | Passing | Jaden Craig | 20/33, 245 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 13 rushes, 50 yards | |
Receiving | Tim Dowd | 2 receptions, 71 yards | |
Yale | Passing | Nolan Grooms | 10/23, 90 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Joshua Pitsenberger | 23 rushes, 99 yards | |
Receiving | Ryan Lindley | 4 receptions, 39 yards, TD |
References
- ^ "Yale Voted Ivy Football Preseason Favorite". Ivy League. August 7, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Harvard Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Harvard Football Season Tickets Schedule". Harvard Athletics. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ Kerry, Cam (October 28, 2023). "Jaden Craig steps up for benched Charles DePrima to lead Harvard to a gritty win over Dartmouth". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 12, 2024.