1939 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1939 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 67.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1939 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Cornell      8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne      8 0 1
Scranton      7 0 2
Princeton      7 1 0
La Salle      6 1 1
Penn State      5 1 2
No. 11 Boston College      9 2 0
No. 17 Fordham      6 2 0
Villanova      6 2 0
Hofstra      4 3 0
Brown      5 3 1
Dartmouth      5 3 1
NYU      5 4 0
Pittsburgh      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Syracuse      3 3 2
Tufts      3 4 1
Yale      3 4 1
Army      3 4 2
Bucknell      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Columbia      2 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 2
Colgate      2 5 1
Temple      2 7 0
Buffalo      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 7BatesW 20–0
October 14at ChicagoW 61–0
October 21Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–22
October 28Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–16
November 4at PrincetonL 6–9
November 11Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 15–0
November 18New Hampshire
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 46–0
November 25Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–20

References

  1. "1939 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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