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1888 Harvard Crimson football team

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Template:1888 college football records The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season. They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626-32, including a 102-0 victory over Amherst College on November 3, 1888. The Crimson suffered it sole loss to the Princeton Tigers football team, losing by an 18-6 score on November 17, 1888. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn Quakers football team by a 50-0 score.[1][2]

Schedule

  • 10/6 at WPI W, 70-0
  • 10/13 MIT W, 8-0
  • 10/17 at Exeter W, 39-6
  • 10/20 at Wesleyan W, 34-0
  • 10/24 at Williams W, 14-6
  • 10/25 at Andover W, 68-0
  • 10/27 WPI W, 68-0
  • 10/30 DARTMOUTH W, 74-0
  • 10/31 MIT W, 42-0
  • 11/3 AMHERST W, 102-0
  • 11/10 WESLEYAN W, 50-2
  • 11/17 at Princeton L, 6-18
  • 11/19 at Penn W, 50-0

References

  1. ^ "Harvard Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved August 13, 2014.