| 1883 college football records
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| Yale
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9
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0
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0
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| Gallaudet
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– |
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2
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– |
0
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0
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| Carleton
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– |
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1
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– |
0
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0
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| Johns Hopkins
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1
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– |
0
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0
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| Harvard
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– |
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8
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2
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0
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| Princeton
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– |
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7
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1
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0
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| Penn
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– |
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6
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– |
2
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1
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| Stevens Tech
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– |
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6
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– |
4
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1
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| Massachusetts
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– |
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1
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– |
1
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0
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| Minnesota
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– |
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1
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– |
1
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0
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| Williams
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– |
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1
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– |
1
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0
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| Fordham
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4
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5
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0
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| Wesleyan
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– |
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3
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– |
5
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0
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| Michigan
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– |
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2
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– |
3
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0
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| Lafayette
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– |
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2
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– |
4
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0
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| Columbia
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– |
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1
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3
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0
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| Rutgers
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1
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6
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0
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| Amherst
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0
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1
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0
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| Dartmouth
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0
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1
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0
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| Hamline
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0
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1
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0
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| Lewisburg
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0
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1
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0
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| Navy
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0
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1
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0
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| CCNY
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0
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2
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0
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| Georgetown
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0
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2
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0
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The 1883 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, losing its rivalry games against both Princeton and Yale. Randolph M. Appleton was the team captain.[1][2]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]] | | W 23–1 | | [3]
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| October 13 | Penn | - Jarvis Field,
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (rivalry)
| W 4–0 | | [4]
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| October 17 | MIT | - Jarvis Field
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
| W 14–1 | | [5]
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| October 20 | at [[{{{school}}}|Stevens]] | - St. George's Cricket Club
- Hoboken, NJ
| W 14–4 | | [6]
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| October 27 | at [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]] | - Hartford Ball Club Grounds
- Hartford, CT
| W 19–8 | | [7]
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| November 3 | Williams | - Jarvis Field
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
| W 37–0 | 1,000 | [8]
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| November 6 | [[{{{school}}}|Stevens]] | - Jarvis Field
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
| W 11–2 | | [9]
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| November 17 | at Princeton | | L 7–26 | | [10]
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| November 22 | Michigan | - Jarvis Field
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
| W 3–0 | 500 | [11][12]
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| November 29 | vs. Yale | | L 2–23 | nearly 10,000 | [13]
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References[]
- ↑ "1883 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1883-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: Harvard Defeats Wesleyan in the First Game of the Season". The New York Times: p. 2. October 7, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389513/football_at_cambridge_harvard_defeats/.
- ↑ "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: The Match Between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania". The New York Times: p. 9. October 14, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389493/football_at_cambridge_the_match/.
- ↑ "Harvard vs. Technology: The Institute Eleven Beaten 14 to 1 on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe: p. 4. October 18, 1883. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-18-1883-p-4/.
- ↑ "The Harvard Men Victorious: The Stevens Institute Foot-Ball Team Beaten at Hoboken". The New York Times: p. 7. October 21, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389548/the_harvard_men_victorious_the_stevens/.
- ↑ "Foot Ball by Students: The Harvard Team's Victory Over the Wesleyans in this City on Saturday". The Hartford Courant: p. 2. October 29, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389624/foot_ball_by_students_the_harvard/.
- ↑ "The Williams Team Beaten: The Harvard Men Win in a Spirited Match Game at Foot-Ball". The New York Times: p. 7. November 4, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389573/the_williams_team_beaten_the_harvard/.
- ↑ "Harvard Wins at Foot-Ball: Her Team Has No Trouble To Beat The Stevens Institute Eleven". The New York Times: p. 3. November 7, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389596/harvard_wins_at_football_her_team_has/.
- ↑ "Two Games of Football: Princeton Defeats Harvard and Yale Overwhelms Columbia". The Sun (New York): p. 10. November 18, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15270808/two_games_of_football_princeton_beats/.
- ↑ "1883 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1883fbt.htm. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ↑ "College Foot-Ball: An Unfinished Game Between Harvard and Michigan Elevens". The New York Times: p. 5. November 23, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/image/20553620/?terms=harvard%2Bmichigan.
- ↑ "Yale Again Victorious". New York Tribune: p. 8. November 30, 1883. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316816/yale_again_victorious/.
