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American college football season
The Crimson defeated Cornell, 35-22
The 2019 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 26th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.
Previous season
The Crimson finished the 2018 season 6–4, 4–3 in Ivy League play to finish in third place.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Crimson were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]
Predicted finish
|
Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Yale |
119 (9)
|
2 |
Dartmouth |
111 (2)
|
3 |
Princeton |
107 (4)
|
4 |
Harvard |
93 (1)
|
5 |
Penn |
67
|
6 |
Columbia |
61 (1)
|
7 |
Cornell |
29
|
8 |
Brown |
24
|
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 21 | 4:00 pm | at San Diego* | | WCC Network | L 23–31 | 2,607 |
September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Brown | | ESPNews | W 42–7 | 10,088 |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Howard* | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| ESPN+ | W 62–17 | 8,234 |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| ESPN+ | W 35–22 | 7,513 |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | | PLN | W 31–21 | 10,381 |
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Princeton | | ESPN+ | L 24–30 | 9,078 |
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 15 Dartmouth | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | L 6–9 | 20,112 |
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | | ESPN+/SNY | L 10–17 OT | 4,739 |
November 16 | Noon | Penn | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| ESPN+/NESN | L 20–24 | 8,113 |
November 23 | Noon | at No. 24 Yale | | ESPNU | L 43–50 2OT | 44,989 |
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[2]
Game summaries
at San Diego
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crimson
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
16 |
23 |
Toreros
|
10
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
Brown
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Crimson
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
42 |
Howard
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bison
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
17 |
Crimson
|
7
|
34
|
14
|
7 |
62 |
Cornell
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Big Red
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
12 |
22 |
Crimson
|
7
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
35 |
at Holy Cross
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crimson
|
17
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
Crusaders
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
at Princeton
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crimson
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
10 |
24 |
No. 13 Tigers
|
10
|
0
|
13
|
7 |
30 |
Dartmouth
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 15 Big Green
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
6 |
9 |
Crimson
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
6 |
at Columbia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Crimson
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 | 0 |
10 |
Lions
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 | 7 |
17 |
Penn
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Quakers
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Crimson
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
0 |
20 |
at Yale
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Crimson
|
3
|
12
|
14
|
7 | 7 | 0 |
43 |
No. 24 Bulldogs
|
3
|
0
|
16
|
17 | 7 | 7 |
50 |
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