The 1889 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1889 college football season . The Crimson finished with a 9–2 record. The team won its first ten games by a combined score of 404–6, but lost its last two games against Princeton and Yale, giving up 41 points against Princeton.[1] [2]
Three Harvard players were selected as first-team players on the 1889 College Football All-America Team : end and team Arthur Cumnock , halfback James P. Lee , and guard John Cranston .[3]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 2 Phillips Exeter Cambridge, MA W 28–0 [4] October 5 [[{{{school}}}|Stevens]] Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 28–4 [5] October 12 Dartmouth Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 38–0 [6] October 16 MIT Cambridge, MA W 62–0
October 19 Williams Cambridge, MA W 41–0
October 23 Andover Cambridge, MA W 41–0
October 26 Wesleyan Cambridge, MA W 64–0
November 2 Penn Cambridge, MA W 35–0 [7] November 9 vs. Wesleyan Springfield, MA W 67–2 [8] November 16 Princeton Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) L 15–41 [9] November 23 vs. Yale Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry )L 0–615,000 [10]
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↑ "1889 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1889-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 .↑ "Football Award Winners" . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf . Retrieved October 21, 2017 .↑ "Football at Harvard: First Game of the Season -- Exeter Defeated" . The Boston Globe : p. 8. October 3, 1889. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-03-1889-p-8/ .↑ "Touchdown for Stevens: Harvard Fails to Shut Out Light Men" . The Boston Globe . October 6, 1889. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-06-1889-p-2/ .↑ "Harvard's Goal: Dartmouth Eleven Easily Defeated -- Score 38 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 13, 1889. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-13-1889-p-2/ .↑ "Harvard Beats Pennsylvania" . The New York Times : p. 2. November 3, 1889. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15326076/harvard_beats_pennsylvania/ .↑ "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan" . The New York Times : p. 5. November 10, 1889. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15326129/harvard_defeats_wesleyan/ .↑ "Harvard Went To Pieces" . The New York Times : p. 5. November 17, 1889. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324907/harvard_went_to_pieces/ .↑ "Yale Wins From Harvard" . The New York Times : p. 1. November 24, 1889. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16347555/yale_wins_from_harvard/ .
