2016 Harvard Crimson football

Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (23rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (11th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (8th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Princeton +	6	–	1	8	–	2
Penn +	6	–	1	7	–	3
Harvard	5	–	2	7	–	3
Brown	3	–	4	4	–	6
Yale	3	–	4	3	–	7
Cornell	2	–	5	4	–	6
Columbia	2	–	5	3	–	7
Dartmouth	1	–	6	4	–	6

+ – Conference co-champions

The 2016 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–3 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third. Harvard averaged 14,741 fans per game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Rhode Island*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ASN	W 51–21	12,167
September 24	2:00 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	OWSPN	W 32–22	8,174
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	No. 25	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 31–17	7,138
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 22	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	OWSPN	W 29–13	11,509
October 15	1:05 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	No. 20	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	CI	L 17–27	9,115
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ILDN	W 23–20 ^OT	9,963
October 29	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	No. 24	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ILDN	W 23–21	7,012
November 5	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 23	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	OWSPN	W 28–21	11,233
November 11	8:00 p.m.	at Penn	No. 24	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	NBCSN	L 14–27	5,092
November 19	12:30 p.m.	Yale		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	CNBC	L 14–21	31,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	20	RV	24	23	24	RV	RV
Coaches	19	21	22	19	19	16	15	23	23	22	22	RV	—

References

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v t e Harvard Crimson football
Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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