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American college football season
The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season . They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst on November 3. The Crimson suffered its sole loss, to Princeton , losing by an 18–6 score on November 17. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn by a 50–0 score.[1] [2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 6 at WPI Worcester, MA W 70–04,000 [3]
October 13 MIT W 18–0 [4]
October 17 at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NH W 39–6 [5]
October 20 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 34–0 [6]
October 24 at Williams Williamstown, MA W 14–6 [7]
October 25 at Andover Andover, MA W 66–0 [8]
October 27 WPI Holmes Field Cambridge, MA W 68–0 [9]
October 30 Dartmouth Holmes Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry ) W 74–0 [10]
October 31 MIT Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 42–0 [11]
November 3 Amherst Cambridge, MA W 102–0 [12]
November 10 Wesleyan Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA W 50–2 [13]
November 17 at Princeton Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 6–18 [14] [15]
November 19 at Penn Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 50–0 [16] [17]
References [ ]
^ "1888 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 .
^ "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech" " . The Boston Globe . October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard Wins: The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory" . The Boston Globe . October 14, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Scored Against Harvard: Phillips Exeter Team Beaten by Varsity Boys, 39 to 6" . The Boston Globe . October 18, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0: Cambridge Kickers Show their Mettle at Middletown" . The Boston Globe . October 21, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Foot Ball in the Mud: Harvard Varsity Eleven Defeats Williams, 14 to 6" . The Boston Globe . October 25, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard at Andover: Varsity Eleven Defeats Phillips by 66 to 0" . The Boston Globe . October 26, 1888. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0" . The Boston Globe . October 28, 1888. p. 6 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Victory for Harvard: Dartmouth Receives a Severe Drubbing on Holmes Field" . The Boston Globe . October 31, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Hot Foot Ball Work: Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0" . The Boston Globe . November 1, 1888. p. 10 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Big Score by Harvard: Amherst Defeated to the Tune of 102 to 0" . The Boston Globe . November 4, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Football in Mud" . The Boston Globe . November 11, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Triumphant Princeton" . New York Daily Tribune . November 18, 1888. p. 2.
^ " 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!Siss-s-s-s Boom Ah! Princeton" . The Boston Daily Globe . November 18, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
^ "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia" . The Boston Globe . November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE .
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