2012 Harvard Crimson football team

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Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 23

2012 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					6	–	4
Harvard		5	–	2					8	–	2
Brown		4	–	3					7	–	3
Dartmouth		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

The 2012 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in second place.

Schedule

September 151:00 PMSan Diego*

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

W 28–13 5,272 September 224:30 PMat Brown

• Brown Stadium
• Providence, RI

NBCSNW 45–31 13,848 September 287:00 PMHoly Cross*

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

W 52–3 10,215 October 61:00 PMCornellNo. 25

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

W 45–13 7,112 October 133:30 PMBucknell*No. 22

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

CBSSNW 35–7 9,558 October 201:00 PMat PrincetonNo. 22

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ

ESPN3L 34–39 10,823 October 275:00 PMat Dartmouth

• Memorial Field
• Hanover, NH

CSNNEW 31–14 10,138 November 31:00 PMColumbia

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

W 69–0 5,838 November 1012:00 PMat PennNo. 25

• Franklin Field
• Philadelphia, PA

NBCSNL 21–30 8,910 November 1712:00 PMYale

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA (129th edition of The Game)

NBCSNW 34–24 31,123

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	22	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
Coaches	22	23	24	24	24	23	21	20	24	21	16	24	23