1880 Harvard Crimson football team

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1880 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1880 record2–2–2
Head coach
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CaptainWilliam H. Manning
Seasons
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   4 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   4 – 0 – 1
Kentucky University   –   2 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 2 – 2
Rutgers   –   2 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 5 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts   –   0 – 1 – 1
Brown   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
Philadelphia Crescent AC   –   0 – 1 – 0
  –   0 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1880 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 2–2–2 record.[1][2]

On November 6, 1880, Harvard defeated Columbia 3–0 before a crowd of about 300 who paid 50 cents to watch the game at the Polo Grounds in New York.[3]

Also at the Polo Grounds one week later, Harvard lost to Princeton with between 3,000 and 4,000 in attendance. Princeton scored two goals and held Harvard to one goal. Princeton also had five touchdowns for safety to two for Harvard. The Sun of New York reported that the game, played under the new 1880 rules of the Intercollegiate Football Association, was football in name only, but "in reality a series of wrestling encounters for possession of a large leather globe."[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 23Britannia FBCCambridge, MAT 0–0
November 1at Ottawa CityOttawa, ONW 2–1
November 2at Montreal FBCMontreal, QCT 0–0
November 6at Columbia
W 3–0
November 13vs. Princeton
L 1–23,000–4,000
November 20YaleBoston, MA (rivalry)L 0–1

References[]

  1. ^ "1880 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. ^ "The Football Championship: Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series". The Sun. November 7, 1880. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Victory for the Princetons: The Harvard Football Team Vanquished on the Polo Grounds Yesterday". The Sun. November 14, 1880. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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