1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team

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1874 Harvard Crimson football
Harvard at McGill, October 23, 1874
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArthur B. Ellis
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Seasons
← 1873
1875 →
1874 college football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Harvard     1 1 0
Tufts     1 0 0
Stevens     3 1 0
Rutgers     1 3 0
Columbia     1 5 0
NYU     0 1 0
McGill     0 1 0

The 1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] The team captain was Arthur B. Ellis.[2]

After the first rugby football game in the United States was played by McGill University visiting Harvard in May 1874, Harvard traveled to Montreal for another rugby style game in October. No goals were scored, the game ended in a 0–0 tie, but Harvard had scored three tries to win the game in front of 2,000 spectators.[3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 23, 1874at McGill
W 0–0 (Harvard scored 3 tries)
July 4, 1875TuftsL 0–1

References

  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Results". Harvard University. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ MacDonald, D.A.L. (November 27, 1970). "Montreal's Cup Float recalls how McGill started grid mania". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Early Football". San Jose Evening News. November 13, 1915. Retrieved August 22, 2014.