1997 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.[1]

1997 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
1997 record9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Mills (2nd season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Harvard $  7 –0     9 –1  
Dartmouth  6 –1     8 –2  
Brown  4 –3     7 –3  
Cornell  4 –3     6 –4  
Princeton  3 –4     6 –4  
Columbia  3 –4     4 –6  
Yale  1 –6     2 –8  
Penn *  0 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Columbia
W 45–77,658[2]
September 27at Lehigh*
W 35–3011,107[3]
October 4at Bucknell*
L 20–244,330[4]
October 11at Cornell
W 34–95,287[5]
October 18Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 52–247,094[6]
October 25Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 14–128,480[7]
November 1at Dartmouth
W 24–013,111[8]
November 8at Brown
W 27–103,188[9]
November 15Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 33–05,452[10]
November 22Yale
W 17–726,064[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References
  1. "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Coaching Records". Harvard. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. Monahan, Bob (September 21, 1997). "Harvard Opening Act Is a Smash". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Blockus, Gary R. (September 28, 1997). "Lehigh's Rally Falls Short vs. Harvard". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell Bets Harvard, Goes 4-0 for First Time Since 1954". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 5, 1997. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1997). "Harvard Gets Some Revenge". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. pp. C16, C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Greenidge, Jim (October 19, 1997). "Menick, Harvard in a Rush". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Concannon, Joe (October 26, 1997). "Sloppy Harvard Win Sets Up Neat Match". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (November 2, 1997). "Harvard Takes Over Ivy by Pounding Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997). "Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Jensen, Mike (November 16, 1997). "Harvard Jumps All Over Quakers, 33-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Berlet, Bruce (November 23, 1997). "Elis Shown How It's Done". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1997 Harvard football Schedule". Harvard. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
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