1975 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainDan Jiggetts
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Brown 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Princeton 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Columbia 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Cornell 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1975 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. A year after sharing the Ivy League crown, the Crimson won the championship outright in 1975.

In their fifth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 216 to 133. Daniel M. Jiggetts was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 6–1 conference record placed first in the Ivy League standings, for the second year in a row. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 189 to 113.[2]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 18–7 11,000 [3]
October 4 Boston University*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 9–13 10,200 [4]
October 11 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–30 11,000 [5]
October 18 at Cornell
W 34–13 18,000 [6]
October 25 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 24–10 31,000 [7]
November 1 at Penn
W 21–3 17,256 [8]
November 8 Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 20–24 23,000 [9]
November 15 at Brown
W 45–26 18,000 [10]
November 22 at Yale
W 10–7 66,846 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 27. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 28, 1975). "Harvard Discovers Spark, Halts HC, 18-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 5, 1975). "'Throwback' to '69: BU's Big Play Stuns Harvard Again, 13-9". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Rogers, Thomas (October 12, 1975). "Columbia Edged by Harvard; Crimson Withstands Lion Rally, 35-30". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ "Harvard Victor over Cornell; Crimson Routs Big Red, 34-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 19, 1975. p. S6.
  7. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 26, 1975). "Ohio State, Harvard Win". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 2, 1975). "Brown and Harvard Triumph; Crimson Sets Back Penn, 21 to 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 9, 1975). "Harvard Is Toppled by Princeton, 24-20; Crimson Halted for 3 Quarters, Rally Fails". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 16, 1975). "Harvard Routs Brown by 45-26 to Share Ivy Lead with Yale". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Wallace, William N. (November 23, 1975). "Harvard Tops Yale, 10-7, and Takes Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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