The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season . They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst College on November 3, 1888. The Crimson suffered it sole loss to the Princeton Tigers football team, losing by an 18–6 score on November 17, 1888. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn Quakers football team by a 50–0 score.[1] [2]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 6 at WPI Worcester, MA W 70–04,000 [3] October 13 MIT W 18–0 [4] October 17 at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NH W 39–6 [5] October 20 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 34–0 [6] October 24 at Williams Williamstown, MA W 14–6 [7] October 25 at Andover Andover, MA W 66–0 [8] October 27 WPI Holmes Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 68–0 [9] October 30 Dartmouth Holmes Field Cambridge, Massachusetts (rivalry ) W 74–0 [10] October 31 MIT Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 42–0 [11] November 3 Amherst Cambridge, Massachusetts W 102–0 [12] November 10 Wesleyan Jarvis Field Cambridge, Massachusetts W 50–2 [13] November 17 at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 6–18 [14] [15] November 19 at Penn Philadelphia (rivalry ) W 50–0 [16] [17]
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↑ "1888 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1888-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 .↑ "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 7, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-07-1888-p-2/ .↑ "Harvard Wins: The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 14, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-14-1888-p-2/ .↑ "Scored Against Harvard: Phillips Exeter Team Beaten by Varsity Boys, 39 to 6" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 18, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-18-1888-p-5/ .↑ "Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0: Cambridge Kickers Show their Mettle at Middletown" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 21, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-21-1888-p-2/ .↑ "Foot Ball in the Mud: Harvard Varsity Eleven Defeats Williams, 14 to 6" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 25, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-25-1888-p-5/ .↑ "Harvard at Andover: Varsity Eleven Defeats Phillips by 66 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 11. October 26, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-26-1888-p-11/ .↑ "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 6. October 28, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-28-1888-p-6/ .↑ "Victory for Harvard: Dartmouth Receives a Severe Drubbing on Holmes Field" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 31, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-31-1888-p-5/ .↑ "Hot Foot Ball Work: Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 10. November 1, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-01-1888-p-10/ .↑ "Big Score by Harvard: Amherst Defeated to the Tune of 102 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. November 4, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-04-1888-p-2/ .↑ "Football in Mud" . The Boston Globe : p. 4. November 11, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-11-1888-p-4/ .↑ "Triumphant Princeton" . New York Daily Tribune : p. 2. November 18, 1888. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15026089/triumphant_princeton/ .↑ "'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!Siss-s-s-s Boom Ah! Princeton" . The Boston Daily Globe : p. 4. November 18, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-18-1888-p-4/ .↑ "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 4. November 20, 1888. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324837/harvard_wins_at_football/ .↑ "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. November 20, 1888. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-20-1888-p-5/ .
