1878 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLivingston Cushing
Home stadiumBoston Baseball Grounds
Seasons
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1878 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   6 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   0 – 0 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 1 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   1 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   1 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 1
Amherst   –   1 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   0 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1878 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1878 college football season. They finished with a 1–2 record.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Livingston Cushing.[1]

On November 9, Harvard opened its football season with a victory over Amherst at Boston's South End Grounds. Harvard scored three goals and three touchdowns and held Amherst scoreless.[3]

On November 16, Harvard lost to Princeton in a game played before approximately 1,000 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. The New York Herald called it "a magnificent contest."[4]

One week later, on November 23, Harvard lost to Yale before 700 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. Yale won on a kick for goal.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 9Amherst
W 3–0[6]
November 162:30 p.m.Princeton
  • Boston Baseball Grounds
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–11,000[7][8]
November 23Yale
  • Boston Baseball Grounds
  • Boston MA (rivalry)
L 0–1700[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "1878 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Football -- Harvard vs. Amherst". Boston Post. November 11, 1878. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Football: Teams of Harvard and Princeton Colleges Play at Cambridge". New York Herald. November 17, 1878. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Beaten at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. November 24, 1878. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot-ball—Harvard And Amherst At The Boston Grounds—Harvard Wins". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Fall Sports.—Princeton Defeats Harvard at Foot-Ball". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Football—Yale And Harvard Teams—Play For The College Championship—An Exciting Game—Yale The Winner". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 24, 1878. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "A Match of Ball Between the Colleges". The Daily Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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