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1892 Harvard Crimson football team

Harvard unleashing a flying wedge on Yale in the final game of the 1892 season. The formation was subsequently outlawed for safety reasons.
1892 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainBernard Trafford
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Brown     4 4 2
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Geneva     3 3 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Lafayette     5 7 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Syracuse     0 8 1

The 1892 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1892 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 10–1 record. The team won its first 10 games by a combined score of 365 to 36, but lost its final game against Yale by a 6–0 score.[1][2]

Five Harvard players were selected as consensus All-Americans: end Frank Hallowell, tackle Marshall Newell, guard Bert Waters, center William H. Lewis, and fullback Charley Brewer.[citation needed]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Dartmouth W 48–0 [3]
October 5 Exeter Cambridge, MAW 62–0 [4]
October 8 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 26–0 [5]
October 15 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 55–0 [6]
October 22 Boston Athletic Association
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 40–0almost 3,000[7]
October 26 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 32–0 [8]
October 29 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 32–10 [9]
November 2 MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 34–0 [10]
November 5 CornellW 20–14 [11]
November 8 Boston Athletic Association Cambridge, MAW 16–12 [12]
November 19at Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–620,000[13]

References

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  1. ^ "1892 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Harvard Won: First Game of the Season at Cambridge". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1892. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  4. ^ "Exeter Outclassed: Harvard's Eleven Won by a Score of 62 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1892. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  5. ^ "No Easy Task: Harvard's Victory Won by Hard Work; Amherst Makes a Good Showing on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1892. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  6. ^ "Full of Life: First Half of Harvard-Williams Game". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  7. ^ "B.A.A. Beaten: Harvard Scores 40 Points in 45 Minutes". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  8. ^ "Rah! Harvard: Crimson Beats Chicago Athletes Badly". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1892. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. ^ "Amhest Scores: Harvard's Opponents Make Two Touchdowns". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  10. ^ "In the Mud: Harvard and M.I.T. Meet on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1892. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  11. ^ "Many Surprises: Harvard Defeats Cornell by Only Six Points; Ithacans Score Three Times on Hampden Park". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  12. ^ "Harvard, 16; B.A.A., 12: The Game Was as Humiliating as a Defeat Would Have Been -- Crimson Growing Worse Daily". Boston Post. November 9, 1882. p. 7 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  13. ^ "Proud Blue: It Waves Triumphant Over the Crimson; Yale Beats Harvard by Score of 6-0". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1892. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.


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