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1893 Harvard Crimson football team

1893 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Seasons
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1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 2
Penn   –   12 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carlisle   –   2 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 2 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 1
Worcester Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 9 – 1
Western Penn   –   1 – 4 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 9 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 4 – 0
Maine   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1893 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1893 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 11–1 record. The team won its first 10 games but lost to Yale in the 11th game of the season by a 6–0 score.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Dartmouth
W 16–02,000[3]
October 4at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 54–0
October 7 Amherst Cambridge, MAW 32–0
October 11 MIT Cambridge, MAW 34–0
October 14 Williams Cambridge, MAW 52–0
October 212:45 p.m. Dartmouth
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 36–02,200[4][5]
October 25 Harvard alumni Cambridge, MAW 6–0
October 283:00 p.m. Brown
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 58–02,500[6][7]
November 1at Andover Andover, MAW 60–5
November 4vs. Cornell
W 30–01,200[8]
November 7 Boston Athletic Association Cambridge, MAW 10–0
November 25vs. Yale
L 0–6
November 30 Penn Cambridge, MA (rivalry)W 26–4

References

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  1. ^ "1893 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.
  3. ^ "Only 16 Points". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Harvard and Dartmouth Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Solid Front". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1893. p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Vs. Harvard". The Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "On First Down". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Cornell Failed To Score: Harvard Eleven Surprises the New Yorkers by Their Interference". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1893. p. 7 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.