Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1983 Ivy League football standings The 1983 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard was co-champion of the Ivy League.
In their 13th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents 188 to 140. Joseph K. Azelby was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 5–1–1 conference record tied for best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 147 to 88.[2] Harvard defeated its co-champion, Penn, in their head-to-head matchup.
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 17 | Columbia |
| W 43–14 | 8,500 | [3] | ||
| September 24 | UMass* |
| L 7–21 | 12,500 | [4] | ||
| October 1 | Army* |
| W 24–21 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
| October 8 | at Cornell | T 3–3 | 11,350 | [6] | |||
| October 15 | Dartmouth |
| L 12–28 | 22,724 | [7] | ||
| October 22 | Princeton |
| W 28–26 | 15,500 | [8] | ||
| October 29 | at Brown | W 17–10 | 13,100 | [9] | |||
| November 5 | No. 2 Holy Cross* |
| T 10–10 | 8,000 | [10] | ||
| November 12 | Penn |
| W 28–0 | 12,000 | [11] | ||
| November 19 | at Yale | W 16–7 | 70,097 | [12] | |||
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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. p. 30. https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ↑ Visser, Lesley (September 18, 1983). "Harvard Gets the Bounces". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 60. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57008829/1983-columbia-harvard/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (September 25, 1983). "UMass Starts Fast, Outflexes Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 62. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57035662/1983-harvard-umass/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 2, 1983). "Harvard Recovers -- Dixon Interception Ties It; Villanueva FG Wins It". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 56. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57042503/1983-harvard-army/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 9, 1983). "Harvard Kicks In, Gets Even". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 55. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57044214/1983-cornell-harvard/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 16, 1983). "Dartmouth 'Back' in Ivy League Title Hunt; Polsinello, Fontes Lead Big Green Past Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 68. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57046292/1983-dartmouth-harvard/.
- ↑ Powers, John (October 23, 1983). "Harvard Holds Off Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 62. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57048617/1983-harvard-princeton/.
- ↑ Powers, John (October 30, 1983). "Harvard Screens Out Brown". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 56. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57050621/1983-brown-harvard/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 6, 1983). "Harvard Ties HC, 10-10". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 54. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57051380/1983-harvard-hc/.
- ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 13, 1983). "Harvard Rips Penn, Ties Up Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 66. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57052849/1983-harvard-penn/.
- ↑ Apple, Ginny (November 20, 1983). "The Game: Harvard Wins, 16-7, Shares Ivy Title". The Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.): p. D1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57054041/1983-harvard-yale/.
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