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1886 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1886 record 12–2
Head coach Frank A. Mason
Seasons
« 1884 1887 »
1886 college football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Yale         9 0 1
Princeton         7 0 1
Michigan         2 0 0
Harvard         12 2 0
California         6 2 1
Massachusetts         2 1 0
Navy         3 3 0
Dartmouth         2 2 0
Rutgers         1 3 0
Northwestern         0 1 0
Vermont         0 1 0
Minnesota         0 2 0

The 1886 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1886 college football season. The team finished with a 12–2 record and outscored opponents 765 to 41 under first-year head coach Frank A. Mason.[1][2] On November 3, 1886, in a game played at Exeter, New Hampshire, the Crimson defeated the team from Phillips Exeter Academy by a score of 158-0, the highest point total ever achieved in a football game to that point.[3] The team's two losses were against rivals Princeton (0–12) and Yale (4–29). Princeton and Yale are recognized by various selectors as the 1886 national champions.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Tufts Medford, MAW 82–0 [4]
October 9at MIT
  • Union Grounds
  • Cambridge, MA
W 54–0 [5]
October 13 Tufts
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 46–0 [6]
October 16 [[{{{school}}}|Stevens]]
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 44–0 [7]
October 20 MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 59–0 [8]
October 23at Andover Andover, MAW 86–0 [9]
October 30 Dartmouth
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 70–0 [10]
November 3at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 158–0 [3]
November 6 [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 34–0 [11]
November 8 Harvard alumni
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 38–0
November 13at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–12 [12]
November 17at MIT
  • Union Grounds
  • Cambridge, MA
W 62–0 [13]
November 20 Yale
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
L 4–29 [14]
November 25at Penn
W 28–02,000-3,000[15]

References[]

  1. "1886 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1886-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "By Eighteen Points Harvard's Eleven Breaks the Record: Phillips Exeter Defeated by a Score of 158 Points to 0". The Boston Globe: p. 11. November 4, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-04-1886-p-11/.
  4. "Foot Ball at Harvard". The Boston Globe: p. 16. October 7, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-07-1886-p-16/.
  5. "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner". The Boston Globe: p. 3. October 10, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-10-1886-p-3/.
  6. "Fair Harvard Again: Their Foot Ball Eleven Defeat the Tuftonians, 46 to 0". The Boston Globe: p. 4. October 14, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-14-1886-p-4/.
  7. "The Harvards Again: Stevens Institute Badly Beaten at Football". The Boston Globe: p. 6. October 17, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-17-1886-p-6/.
  8. "Harvards Defeat "Techs."". The Boston Globe: p. 3. October 21, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-21-1886-p-3/.
  9. "Harvard's Kickers Win". The Boston Globe: p. 5. October 24, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-24-1886-p-5/.
  10. "Football in the Mud: Harvard's Eleven Too Heavy For Dartmouth". The Boston Globe: p. 6. October 31, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-31-1886-p-6/.
  11. "A Game That Counts: Harvard's Foot Ball Players Defeat Wesleyan". The Boston Globe: p. 3. November 7, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-07-1886-p-3/.
  12. "Winning A Second Victory". The New York Times: p. 9. November 14, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324561/winning_a_second_victory/.
  13. "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0". The Boston Globe: p. 11. November 18, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-18-1886-p-11/.
  14. "Harvard Beaten By Yale". The New York Times: p. 9. November 21, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324506/harvard_beaten_by_yale/.
  15. "Harvard's Easy Victory". The Times (Philadelphia): p. 1. November 26, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324534/harvards_easy_victory/.
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