The 1900 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1900 college football season . In its second season under head coach Benjamin Dibblee , Harvard compiled a 10–1 record, shut out seven of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 205 to 44. The 1900 team won its first 10 games, but closed the season with a 28–0 loss against rival Yale .[1] [2]
Walter Camp selected three Harvard players as first-team selections to his 1900 College Football All-America Team . They were ends John Hallowell and Dave Campbell and quarterback Charles Dudley Daly .[3]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 29 Wesleyan Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 24–01,000 [4]
October 3 Williams Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 12–01,000 [5]
October 6 Bowdoin Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 12–02,500 [6]
October 10 Amherst Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 18–0800 [7]
October 13 Columbia (rivalry) Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 24–08,000 [8]
October 17 Bates Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 41–01,500 [9]
October 20 at Army W 29–05,000 [10]
October 27 Carlisle Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 17–515,000 [11]
November 3 Penn Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 17–517,000 [12]
November 10 Brown Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 11–68,000 [13]
November 24 at Yale L 0–28> 20,000 [14]
References [ ]
↑ "1900 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1900-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 .
↑ "Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections". Capital Times . November 23, 1930.
↑ "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan 24 to 0" . Boston Post : p. 9. September 30, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-sep-30-1900-p-9/ .
↑ "Harvard Defeated Williams 12 to 0, But the Men From Berkshire Outplayed the 'Varsity" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 4, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-04-1900-p-3/ .
↑ "Scores Twice: Harvard Makes Only 12 Points Against Bowdoin" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 7, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-07-1900-p-61/ .
↑ "Football Straws: Harvard Shows Up Poorly Against Amherst" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 11, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-11-1900-p-5/ .
↑ "Harvard Beats Columbia, 24 to 0" . Boston Post : p. 5. October 14, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-14-1900-p-5/ .
↑ "Round the Ends: Harvard Runs Up Score Against Bates" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 18, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-18-1900-p-5/ .
↑ "Harvard, 29; West Point, 0: Crimson Eleven Wins Easily Before 5000 Spectators" . Boston Post : p. 9. October 21, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-21-1900-p-9/ .
↑ "Harvard Beats Indians, 17 to 5" . Boston Post : p. 9. October 28, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-28-1900-p-9/ .
↑ "Details of Harvard Victory: U. of P.'s "Guards Back" Easily Broken, The Result Was Never in Doubt" . The Boston Globe : p. 24. November 4, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-04-1900-p-24/ .
↑ "Harvard Beats Brown 11 to 6, But Barely Escapes Disaster" . Boston Post : p. 9. November 11, 1900. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-11-1900-p-9/ .
↑ "Yale Football Champions of 1900: Harvard Beaten in the Annual Game at New Haven" . The New York Times : pp. 1–2. November 25, 1900. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16460084/yale_football_champions_of_1900/ .