1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team

1875 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1875 record 4–0
Head coach No coach
Captain William A. Whiting
1875 college football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Harvard           4 0  
Columbia         3 1 1
Princeton           2 0  
Rutgers         1 1 1
Yale           2 2  
Stevens Tech           3 3  
Tufts           0 1  
NYU           0 1  
Wesleyan           0 1  
Canada All-Stars           0 2  
City College of New York           0 2  

The 1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] The team captain was William A. Whiting.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 23 at Montreal FBC (Canada)* Montreal, Canada W 1–0  
October 27 at Tufts* Medford, MA W 1–0  
November 13 at Yale* Hamilton ParkNew Haven, CT (The Game) W 4–0  
May 8, 1876 Canada All-Stars* Cambridge, MA W 1–0  
*Non-conference game.

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Harvard Football Yearly Records. GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved on October 9, 2013.
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