2018 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 25th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place third.
2018 Harvard Crimson football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
2018 record | 6–4 (4–3 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (13th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (10th season) |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium (Capacity: 30,323) |
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No. 11 Princeton $ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Dartmouth | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Crimson finished the 2017 season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play, to place in tie for fifth place.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Columbia, and Yale for the 135th edition of The Game, and traveled to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.
Harvard's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Holy Cross of the Patriot League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 15 | Noon | San Diego* | ESPN+ | W 36–14 | 8,709 | |
September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at Brown | ESPNU | W 31–17 | 9,309 | |
September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 Rhode Island* |
| ESPN+ | L 16–23 | 9,123 |
October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | ESPN+ | L 24–28 | 8,040 | |
October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* |
| ESPN+ | W 33–31 | 10,056 |
October 20 | Noon | No. 23 Princeton |
| ESPN+ | L 21–29 | 10,876 |
October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | ESPN+ | L 17-24 | 5,814 | |
November 3 | Noon | Columbia |
| ESPN+/NESN | W 52–18 | 10,447 |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | ESPN+ | W 29-7 | 13,224 | |
November 17 | Noon | vs. Yale |
| ESPN2 | W 45–27 | 34,675 |
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Game summaries
San Diego
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Toreros | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
Crimson | 27 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 36 |
at Brown
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crimson | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Bears | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Rhode Island
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 22 Rams | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
Crimson | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
at Cornell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crimson | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Big Red | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Holy Cross
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crusaders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
Crimson | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
Princeton
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 29 |
Crimson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Dartmouth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crimson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Big Green | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Columbia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
Crimson | 21 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
at Penn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crimson | 10 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
Quakers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
vs. Yale
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
Crimson | 7 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 45 |