1890 Harvard Crimson football team

1890 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (multiple selectors)
Conference	Independent
1890 record	11–0
Head coach	George A. Stewart & George C. Adams (1st year)
Captain	Arthur Cumnock
Seasons « 1889 1891 »

1890 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
California			–					4	–	0	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	3	–	1
Washington			–					0	–	0	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colorado			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1890 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1890 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. They outscored their opponents 555 to 12, and in eight of their games they scored at least 41 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	Phillips Exeter Academy	Cambridge, MA	W 41–0
October 8	Dartmouth	Cambridge, MA (Rivalry)	W 43–0
October 11	Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 74–6
October 13	Williams	Cambridge, MA	W 38–0
October 18	Dartmouth	Cambridge, MA	W 64–0
October 22	[[{{{school}}}|Bowdoin]]	Cambridge, MA	W 54–0
October 25	Wesleyan	Cambridge, MA	W 55–0
November 1	Cornell	Cambridge, MA	W 77–0
November 8	Orange AC	Cambridge, MA	W 33–0
November 15	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 64–0
November 22	vs. Yale	Springfield, MA (Rivalry)	W 12–6

References

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