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1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team

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1875 Harvard Crimson football
Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam A. Whiting
Seasons
 1874
1876 
1875 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard  400
Princeton  200
Columbia  411
Rutgers  111
Yale  220
Stevens  330
Tufts  010
NYU  010
Wesleyan  010
Bates  010
Canada All-Stars  020
CCNY  030

The 1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] The team captain was William A. Whiting.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 23at Canada All-StarsMontreal, QCW 1–0
October 27at TuftsMedford, MAW 1–0
November 13at YaleW 4–0[3][4]
May 8, 1876Canada All-StarsW 1–0

caption= News about the Harvard v Yale game played under the "concessionary rules". It is considered the first rugby-style game between US-based colleges

References

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  1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Results". Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. "Football Game Between Harvard and Yale Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Foot Ball.—The Match Between Harvard And Yale – Harvard Victorious". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1875. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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