1888 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumJarvis Field, Holmes Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   10 – 2 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   5 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   2 – 7 – 0
Worcester Tech   –   1 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Penn State   –   0 – 2 – 1
Swarthmore   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season. They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst on November 3. The Crimson suffered its sole loss, to Princeton, losing by an 18–6 score on November 17. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn by a 50–0 score.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at WPI Worcester, MAW 70–04,000[3]
October 13 MIT
W 18–0 [4]
October 17at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 39–6 [5]
October 20at Wesleyan Middletown, CTW 34–0 [6]
October 24at Williams Williamstown, MAW 14–6 [7]
October 25at Andover Andover, MAW 66–0 [8]
October 27 WPI
  • Holmes Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 68–0 [9]
October 30 Dartmouth
  • Holmes Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 74–0 [10]
October 31 MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 42–0 [11]
November 3 Amherst Cambridge, MAW 102–0 [12]
November 10 Wesleyan
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 50–2 [13]
November 17at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry)L 6–18 [14][15]
November 19at Penn Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)W 50–0 [16][17]

References

  1. ^ "1888 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  4. ^ "Harvard Wins: The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  5. ^ "Scored Against Harvard: Phillips Exeter Team Beaten by Varsity Boys, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  6. ^ "Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0: Cambridge Kickers Show their Mettle at Middletown". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  7. ^ "Foot Ball in the Mud: Harvard Varsity Eleven Defeats Williams, 14 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  8. ^ "Harvard at Andover: Varsity Eleven Defeats Phillips by 66 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1888. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. ^ "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1888. p. 6 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  10. ^ "Victory for Harvard: Dartmouth Receives a Severe Drubbing on Holmes Field". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  11. ^ "Hot Foot Ball Work: Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 1, 1888. p. 10 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  12. ^ "Big Score by Harvard: Amherst Defeated to the Tune of 102 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  13. ^ "Football in Mud". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  14. ^ "Triumphant Princeton". New York Daily Tribune. November 18, 1888. p. 2.
  15. ^ "'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!Siss-s-s-s Boom Ah! Princeton". The Boston Daily Globe. November 18, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  16. ^ "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.


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