1888 Harvard Crimson football team

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1888
Holmes Field
Seasons
1888 Eastern college football independents records
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

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
Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
    		• 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.
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