1887 Harvard Crimson football team

1887 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1887 record	10–1
Head coach	No coach
Seasons « 1886 1888 »

1887 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					5	–	0	–	0
California			–					4	–	0	–	0
Minnesota			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					3	–	1	–	0
Georgetown			–					2	–	1	–	0
Virginia			–					0	–	0	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Indiana			–					0	–	1	–	0
Purdue			–					0	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1887 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1887 college football season. They finished with a 10–1 record. In the first 10 games of the season, the Crimson outscored opponents 652 to 6. The sole loss came in the final game on November 24, 1887, a 17-8 loss against Yale in New York, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5	at Tufts	Medford, MA	W 86–0
October 12	at Phillips Exeter	Exeter, NH	W 68–0
October 15	MIT	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 62–0
October 19	Williams	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 52–6
October 22	Amherst	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 98–0
October 26	Tufts	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 68–0
October 29	Phillips Exeter	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 54–0
November 5	[[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 110–0
November 12	Princeton	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 12–0
November 19	Penn	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 42–0
November 24	at Yale	New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 8–17