1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team
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| 1875 Harvard Crimson football | |
|---|---|
Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875 | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–0 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | William A. Whiting |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
| Harvard | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Princeton | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Columbia | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Yale | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Stevens | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Tufts | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| NYU | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Wesleyan | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Bates | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Canada All-Stars | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||
| CCNY | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||
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
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 23 | at Canada All-Stars | Montreal, QC | W 1–0 | |
| October 27 | at Tufts | Medford, MA | W 1–0 | |
| November 13 | at Yale | W 4–0 | [3][4] | |
| May 8, 1876 | Canada All-Stars | W 1–0 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Results". Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ↑ "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
. - ↑ "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
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