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] 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] Princeton (0–12) and Yale (4–29). Princeton and Yale are recognized by various selectors as the 1886 national champions.
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 6 at Tufts Medford, MA W 82–0 [4] October 9 at 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 23 at Andover Andover, MA W 86–0 [9] October 30 Dartmouth Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 70–0 [10] November 3 at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NH W 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 13 at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 0–12 [12] November 17 at MIT Union Grounds Cambridge, MA W 62–0 [13] November 20 Yale Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) L 4–29 [14] November 25 at Penn W 28–02,000-3,000 [15]
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↑ "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 .↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Records" . GoCrimson.com . Harvard University. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results . Retrieved August 13, 2014 .↑ 3.0 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/ .↑ "Foot Ball at Harvard" . The Boston Globe : p. 16. October 7, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-07-1886-p-16/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "Harvards Defeat "Techs."" . The Boston Globe : p. 3. October 21, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-21-1886-p-3/ .↑ "Harvard's Kickers Win" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 24, 1886. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-24-1886-p-5/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "Winning A Second Victory" . The New York Times : p. 9. November 14, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324561/winning_a_second_victory/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "Harvard Beaten By Yale" . The New York Times : p. 9. November 21, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324506/harvard_beaten_by_yale/ .↑ "Harvard's Easy Victory" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 1. November 26, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324534/harvards_easy_victory/ .
