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The 1886 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1886 college football season . The team finished with a 12–2 record and outscored opponents 765 to 41 under first-year head coach Frank A. Mason .[1] [2] On November 3, 1886, in a game played at Exeter, New Hampshire , the Crimson defeated the team from Phillips Exeter Academy by a score of 158-0, the highest point total ever achieved in a football game to that point.[3] The team's two losses were against rivals Princeton (0–12) and Yale (4–29). Princeton and Yale are recognized by various selectors as the 1886 national champions.
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 6 at Tufts Medford, MA W 82–0 [4]
October 9 at MIT W 54–0 [5]
October 13 Tufts Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 46–0 [6]
October 16 Stevens Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 44–0 [7]
October 20 MIT Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 59–0 [8]
October 23 at Andover Andover, MA W 86–0 [9]
October 30 Dartmouth Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 70–0 [10]
November 3 at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NH W 158–0 [3]
November 6 Wesleyan Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 34–0 [11]
November 8 Harvard alumni Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 38–0
November 13 at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 0–12 [12]
November 17 at MIT Union Grounds Cambridge, MA W 62–0 [13]
November 20 Yale Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) L 4–29 [14]
November 25 at Penn W 28–02,000–3,000 [15]
References [ ]
^ "1886 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records" . GoCrimson.com . Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
^ a b "By Eighteen Points Harvard's Eleven Breaks the Record: Phillips Exeter Defeated by a Score of 158 Points to 0" . The Boston Globe . November 4, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Foot Ball at Harvard" . The Boston Globe . October 7, 1886. p. 16 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Technology vs. Harvard: An Interesting Game of Foot Ball in Which Harvard is the Winner" . The Boston Globe . October 10, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Fair Harvard Again: Their Foot Ball Eleven Defeat the Tuftonians, 46 to 0" . The Boston Globe . October 14, 1886. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "The Harvards Again: Stevens Institute Badly Beaten at Football" . The Boston Globe . October 17, 1886. p. 6 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvards Defeat "Techs." " . The Boston Globe . October 21, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard's Kickers Win" . The Boston Globe . October 24, 1886. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Football in the Mud: Harvard's Eleven Too Heavy For Dartmouth" . The Boston Globe . October 31, 1886. p. 6 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "A Game That Counts: Harvard's Foot Ball Players Defeat Wesleyan" . The Boston Globe . November 7, 1886. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Winning A Second Victory" . The New York Times . November 14, 1886. p. 9.
^ "Playing in a Cold Rain: Harvard Defeats the Techs on the Union Grounds, 62 Points to 0" . The Boston Globe . November 18, 1886. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard Beaten By Yale" . The New York Times . November 21, 1886. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harvard's Easy Victory" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 26, 1886. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com .
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