1989 Harvard Crimson football team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 5–5 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Greg Gicewicz |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished third in the Ivy League.
In their 19th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 257 to 207. Greg Gicewicz was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 134 to 120.[2]
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 16 | at Columbia | W 26–10 | 4,750 | [3] | |||
September 23 | No. 4 Holy Cross* |
| L 17–31 | 17,500 | [4] | ||
September 30 | at Army* | L 28–56 | 39,115 | [5] | |||
October 7 | Lehigh* |
| L 28–50 | 11,200 | [6] | ||
October 14 | at Cornell | L 0–28 | 21,000 | [7] | |||
October 21 | Dartmouth |
| W 6–5 | 20,500 | [8] | ||
October 28 | Princeton |
| L 14–28 | 22,300 | [9] | ||
November 4 | at Brown |
| W 27–14 | 10,700 | [10] | ||
November 11 | Penn |
| W 24–15 | 12,600 | [11] | ||
November 18 | at No. 13 Yale | W 37–20 | 59,263 | [12] | |||
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References
- ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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- Newspapers.com. Attendance figure from boxscore at "Lehigh 50, Harvard 28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1989. p. S9.
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