The 1902 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1902 college football season . The Crimson finished with an 11–1 record under first-year head coach John Wells Farley . The 1902 team won its first eleven games by a combined 184–23 score. It then closed the season with a 23–0 loss against rival Yale.[1] [2] Walter Camp selected two Harvard players as first-team selections to his 1902 College Football All-America Team . They were end Edward Bowditch and fullback Thomas Graydon .[3]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 27 Williams Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 11–01,500 [4] October 1 Bowdoin Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 17–6500 [5] October 4 Bates Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 23–04,500–5,000 [6] October 8 Amherst Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 6–04,000 [7] October 11 Maine Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 22–0> 5,000 [8] October 15 Wesleyan Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 35–55,000 [9] October 18 at Army W 14–6 [10] October 25 Brown Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 6–0>20,000 [11] November 1 Carlisle Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 23–016,000 [12] November 8 Penn Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA W 11–0> 16,000 [13] November 15 Dartmouth Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 16–610,000 [14] November 22 at Yale L 0–2330,000 [15]
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↑ "1902 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1902-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 .↑ Michael MacCambridge, Dan Jenkins (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present . p. 1145. ↑ "Only 11 Points: Harvard Plays Poorly Against Williams Team" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. September 28, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-sep-28-1902-p-58/ .↑ "Small Colleges Score on Harvard and Yale" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 2, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-02-1902-p-3/ .↑ "Harvard Defeats Bates 23 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 10. October 5, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-05-1902-p-90/ .↑ "Harvard Barely Beats Amherst" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 9, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-09-1902-p-5/ .↑ "With Many Subs Harvard Defeats University of Maine 22 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 9. October 12, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-12-1902-p-89/ .↑ "Harvard Varsity Overwhelms Wesleyan in the First Half" . The Boston Globe : p. 3. October 16, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-16-1902-p-3/ .↑ "Harvard Beat Cadets" . The Boston Globe : p. 5. October 19, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-19-1902-p-5/ .↑ "Harvard 6, Brown 0: Providence Gives Players Crimson a Bad Scare" . Boston Post : p. 1. October 26, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-26-1902-p-1/ .↑ "Harvard 23, Carlisle 0: Unusually Spectacular Football on Soldiers Field" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. November 2, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-02-1902-p-1/ .↑ "Penn Puts Up a Plucky Fight: Harvard Wins, But Only by a Score of 11 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. November 9, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-09-1902-p-70/ .↑ "Dartmouth Scares Harvard" . The Boston Globe : pp. 1, 5. November 16, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-nov-16-1902-p-1/ .↑ "Yale 23, Harvard 0: Crimson Outclassed at Every Stage; 30,000 Saw Game" . Boston Post : p. 1. November 23, 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-nov-23-1902-p-1/ .
