1979 Harvard Crimson football team
| 1979 Harvard Crimson football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 3–6 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Captain | Michael G. Brown |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | at Columbia | W 26–7 | 4,525 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | UMass* |
| L 7–20 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | No. T–3 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
[edit]- ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Haynes, Walter (September 23, 1979). "Harvard Wings Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 30, 1979). "UMass Zings Crimson, 20-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eisenberg, Harry (October 7, 1979). "Jensen Lifts BU over Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (October 14, 1979). "Cornell Adds to Harvard Plight". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 4, 1979). "Brown Tips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 11, 1979). "Harvard Wins ... at Last". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1979). "Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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