American college football season
The 1895 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1895 college football season . The Crimson finished with an 8–2–1 record. First-year head coach Robert Emmons led the team from October 21 to November 3.[ 1] Following the team's 12–4 loss to Princeton , assistant Lorin F. Deland took over as head coach.[ 2] He led the team to a 1–1–1 record in their last three games, including a 17–14 loss to Penn , the closest the undefeated Quakers came to defeat that year.[ 3]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 2 Dartmouth W 4–03,000 [ 4]
October 5 Amherst Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 24–0
October 9 Phillips Exeter Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 42–0
October 12 at Army W 4–0
October 16 Williams Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 32–0
October 19 Brown Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 26–65,000 [ 5] [ 6]
October 26 Cornell Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 25–0
November 2 at Princeton L 4–12
November 9 Michigan Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 4–06,000
November 16 Boston Athletic Association Soldiers' Field Boston, MA T 0–0
November 23 Penn Soldiers' Field Boston, MA (rivalry ) L 14–17[ 7]
^ "Emmons to coach". The Boston Daily Globe . October 22, 1895.
^ "Bracing Harvard's Team". The New York Times . November 12, 1895.
^ Featherweight (April 5, 1896). "Coach Deland Resigns". The Boston Daily Globe .
^ "Harvard's Close Call" . The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . September 29, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown Did It Again" . The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . October 20, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown Did It (continued)" . The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . October 20, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "U. of P. 17, Harvard 14: Fought to the Last; Although Surely Beaten, Harvard Played Pluckily On" . The Boston Globe . November 24, 1895. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com .
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