1877 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLivingston Cushing
Home stadiumBoston Baseball Grounds
Seasons
← 1876–77
1878 →
1877 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 1
Amherst   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1877 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1877 college football season. They finished with a 3–1 record. The team captain was Livingston Cushing.[1]

On November 3, 1877, Harvard suffered its only loss to Princeton in a game played at St George's Cricket Club in Hoboken, New Jersey. The game was played under the "Amended Rugby" rules under which three touchdowns counted as a goal. Princeton scored one goal and one touchdown, and Harvard was held to one touchdown. The game was attended by 400 to 500 students in addition to "several hundred spectators, many of the number being of the fair sex, who came to the scene of battle in carriages."[2]

Two days later, on Monday, November 5, Harvard defeated Columbia in a two-inning match played on the same St. George's Cricket Club grounds. Harvard won the game with six goals and four touchdowns. Columbia did not score.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 233:25 p.m.Tufts
W 3–0500[4][5]
October 263:00 p.m.McGillBoston, MAW 1–01,000[6][7]
November 32:30 p.m.vs. Princeton
L 0–11,000[8][9]
November 53:00 p.m.vs. Columbia
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
W 6–0400–500[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "Princeton and Harvard Playing Football". New York Herald. November 4, 1877. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Harvard vs. Columbia". New York Herald. November 6, 1877. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "General Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 23, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "A Foot-Ball Game". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Harvard Again Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football". Montreal Star. Montreal, Quebec. October 27, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "The Princeton Boys Win". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 4, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Princeton Boys Winning". The Sun. New York, New York. November 4, 1877. p. 1. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Harvard vs. Columbia". New York Herald. November 6, 1877. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Foot Ball". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 6, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Harvard's Great Victory". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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