1927 Harvard Crimson football team

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1927 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainCharles A. Pratt Jr.
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Springfield   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 6 Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 3
CCNY   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech
   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall
   –   1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its second season under head coach Arnold Horween, Harvard compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 108 to 85. Charles A. Pratt Jr. was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Vermont
W 21–3[3]
October 8Purdue
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–19
October 15 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–6
October 22 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 6–30[4]
October 29Indiana
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 26–6
November 5at Penn
L 0–24
November 12 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 18–6
November 19Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–14[5]

References

  1. ^ "1927 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.
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  4. ^ Vidmer, Richards (October 23, 1927). "Dartmouth's runs beat Harvard, 30–6". The New York Times. p. S1.
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