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1916 Harvard Crimson football
File:Harvard Crimson logo.svg
Conference Independent
1916 record 7–3
Head coach Percy Haughton (9th year)
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
Seasons
« 1915 1917 »

The 1916 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1916 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–3 record under ninth-year head coach Percy Haughton.[1][2] Walter Camp selected only one Harvard player, guard Harrie Dadmun, as a first-team member of his 1916 College Football All-America Team.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23 [[{{{school}}}|Colby]]
W 10–0
September 30 Bates
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
W 26–0
October 7 Tufts
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
L 3–7
October 14 North Carolina
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
W 21–0
October 21 Massachusetts
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
W 47–0
October 28 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
W 23–0
November 4 Virginia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
W 51–0
November 11 Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 3–0
November 18 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–21
November 25at Yale L 3–6

References[]

  1. "1916 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1916-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Three Colgate Men Picked By Camp for All-American Team". The Syracuse Herald. December 26, 1916.
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