1931 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainBarry Wood
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 3
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Harvard   –   7 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   8 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Yale   –   5 – 1 – 2
Army   –   8 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 2 – 2
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 3
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   2 – 7 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Princeton   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Casey, Harvard compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 29. Barry Wood was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Bates
W 28–0
October 10New Hampshire
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–020,000[3][4][5]
October 17at Army
W 14–13
October 24Texas
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–7[6]
October 31Virginia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 19–0[7]
November 7 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 7–657,000[8]
November 14Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 7–0
November 21Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–358,000[9]

References

  1. ^ "1931 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 Leads New Hampshire, 32-0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Harvard-New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Trounces New Hampshire By 39 To 0 Margin". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 11, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Barry Wood pilots powerful Crimson eleven to 35 to 7 triumph over Longhorns". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Harvard subs hand Virginia 19–0 setback". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1931). "Harvard Defeats Dartmouth, 7 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Grantland Rice (November 22, 1931). "Yale Beats Harvard 3-0: Booth's Goal From Field Blue Margin". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-3 – via Newspapers.com.


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