1924 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainMalcolm W. Greenough
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
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1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Yale   –   6 – 0 – 2
No. 8 Penn   –   9 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 1 – 3
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Springfield   –   4 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1924 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Bob Fisher, Harvard compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 78 to 61. Malcolm W. Greenough was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Virginia
W 14–0
October 11 Middlebury
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 16–6
October 18 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 12–6
October 25 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–651,000
November 1Boston University
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 13–0[3]
November 8Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–34
November 152:00 p.m. Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–7[4][5][6][7]
November 22at Yale
L 6–19

References

  1. ^ "1924 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Harvard Subs Get Two Touchdowns". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1924. pp. 1, 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Crimson Faces Gruelling Test". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Brown Beats Harvard For Third Time In A Row". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Wins From Harvard Again, 7-0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 21. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Smith, J. C. (November 16, 1924). "Bear Tracks In The Stadium". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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