Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1979 Ivy League football standings The 1979 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard finished sixth in the Ivy League.
In their ninth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 157 to 148. Michael G. Brown was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 131 to 123.[2]
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22 | at Columbia | W 26–7 | 4,525 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | Massachusetts* |
| L 7–20 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | Boston University* |
| L 10–14 | 12,500 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | at Cornell | L 14–41 | 9,000 | [6] | |||
| October 20 | Dartmouth |
| L 7–10 | 32,000 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | Princeton |
| L 7–9 | 15,000 | [8] | ||
| November 3 | at Brown | L 14–23 | 8,760 | [9] | |||
| November 10 | Penn |
| W 41–26 | 7,500 | [10] | ||
| November 17 | at Yale | W 22–7 | 72,000 | [11] | |||
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References[]
- ↑ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results". Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide. Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28-29. https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ↑ Haynes, Walter (September 23, 1979). "Harvard Wings Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 88. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56451457/1979-s22-ivies.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (September 30, 1979). "UMass Zings Crimson, 20-7". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 70. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56456816/1979-harvard-umass.
- ↑ Eisenberg, Harry (October 7, 1979). "Jensen Lifts BU over Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 42. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56459585/1979-harvard-bu.
- ↑ Visser, Lesley (October 14, 1979). "Cornell Adds to Harvard Plight". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 50. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56460414/1979-o13-ivies.
- ↑ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 58. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56461177/1979-dartmouth-harvard.
- ↑ Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 82. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56462309/1979-harvard-princeton.
- ↑ Roberts, Ernie (November 4, 1979). "Brown Tips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 52. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 11, 1979). "Harvard Wins ... at Last". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 52. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56465401/1979-harvard-penn.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1979). "Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 71. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56467705/1979-harvard-yale.
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