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Overall
Team W
L
T
W
L
T
Princeton
–
9
–
0
–
1
Yale
–
8
–
0
–
1
Michigan
–
2
–
0
–
0
Williams
–
2
–
0
–
0
Navy
–
1
–
0
–
0
Wabash
–
1
–
0
–
0
Penn
–
5
–
1
–
1
Fordham
–
5
–
1
–
0
Harvard
–
7
–
4
–
0
Butler
–
1
–
1
–
0
Columbia
–
1
–
1
–
0
Rutgers
–
3
–
4
–
0
Stevens Tech
–
4
–
5
–
0
Wesleyan
–
3
–
5
–
0
Dartmouth
–
1
–
2
–
1
Massachusetts
–
1
–
2
–
0
Lafayette
–
2
–
5
–
0
Tufts
–
0
–
1
–
1
Albion
–
0
–
1
–
0
CCNY
–
0
–
1
–
0
DePauw
–
0
–
1
–
0
Johns Hopkins
–
0
–
2
–
0
Amherst
–
0
–
3
–
0
Lehigh
–
0
–
4
–
0
The 1884 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1884 college football season . They finished with a 7–4 record.[1] [2]
On November 15, Harvard lost to Princeton by a 36–6 score before 3,000 spectators at Jarvis Field in Cambridge.[3]
On November 22, Harvard lost to Yale by a 51–0 score before 2,400 spectators at the new athletic grounds in New Haven. The game was played in two halves of 45 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.[4]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 11 MIT W 47–5 [5] October 22 Penn Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts (rivalry ) L 0–4300-400 [6] October 25 at MIT W 42–0200 [7] October 31 Trinity Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 67–0 [8] November 1 at [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]] Hartford Ball Club Grounds Hartford, CT L 0–16500 [9] November 6 Williams Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 23–0400 [10] November 8 at Ottawa W 20–6 [11] November 10 at Dartmouth Hanover, NH (rivalry ) W 29–0 [12] November 12 Tufts Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 51–0200-300 [13] November 15 Princeton Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts (rivalry ) L 6–362,000-3,000 [14] [15] November 22 at Yale L 0–522,400-2,500 [16] [17]
References [ ]
↑ "1884 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1884-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 .↑ "Princeton's Eleven Wins" . The New York Times : p. 7. November 16, 1884. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15025881/princetons_eleven_wins/ .↑ "The Harvards Badly Beaten" . The New York Times : p. 2. November 23, 1884. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324377/the_harvards_badly_beaten/ .↑ "Tackling and Checking: Harvard Beats Technology at Foot Ball by a Score of 47 Points to 5" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 12, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-12-1884-p-2/ .↑ "Harvard Beaten: The University of Pennsylvania Eleven Inflicts the First Defeat of the Season" . The Boston Globe : p. 13. October 23, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-23-1884-p-13/ .↑ "Harvard Foot Ball Men Win: The Technology Eleven Easily Defeated on the Union Grounds" . The Boston Globe : p. 6. October 26, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-26-1884-p-6/ .↑ "Goals and Touchdowns Scored with Ease by Harvard Against Trinity" . The Boston Globe : p. 13. November 1, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-01-1884-p-13/ .↑ "Football - Wesleyans, 16; Harvards, 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 6. November 2, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-02-1884-p-6/ .↑ "Practicing With Williams: Harvard Wins at Foot Ball by a Score of 23 to Nothing" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. November 7, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-07-1884-p-5/ .↑ "Harvard Wins in Canada" . The Sun (New York) : p. 3. November 14, 1884. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16390710/harvard_wins_in_canada/ .↑ "Harvard Blanks Dartmouth at Foot Ball". Boston Daily Globe : p. 5. November 11, 1884. ↑ "By a Large Majority Harvard Foot Ball Players Beat Tuftonians" . The Boston Globe : p. 11. November 13, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-13-1884-p-11/ .↑ "The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princton's Victory at Harvard" . The Boston Glove : p. 3. November 16, 1884. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-16-1884-p-3/ .↑ "Princeton's Eleven Wins" . The New York Times : p. 7. November 16, 1884. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15025881/princetons_eleven_wins/ .↑ "The Harvards Badly Beaten: The Yale Football Team Whip Them by a Score of 52 to 0" . The New York Times : p. 2. November 23, 1884. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324377/the_harvards_badly_beaten/ .↑ "Fifty-Two To Nothing Tells The Story of Harvard's Defeat at New Haven". The Boston Globe : p. 1. November 23, 1884. (attendance 2,500)
