1876 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainNathaniel Curtis
1876 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    3 0 0
Rutgers    1 0 0
Harvard    3 1 0
Princeton    3 2 0
Stevens    2 2 0
CCNY    1 1 0
Penn    1 2 0
Columbia    1 3 0
Canada All-Stars    0 1 0
McGill    0 1 0
Northwestern    0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars    0 1 0
NYU    0 2 0

The 1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1876 college football season. They finished with a 3–1 record.[1] The team captain was Nathaniel Curtis.[2]

On November 18, 1876, the second Harvard–Yale football rivalry game was played before a crowd of approximately 2,000 people at Hamilton Park in New Haven, Connecticut. Walter Camp played for Yale, which won the game 1–0.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 283:00 p.m.at Canada All-StarsMontreal, QCW 2–0[3][4]
October 3010:30 a.m.at McGillMontreal, QCW 1–0[5]
November 183:00 p.m.at YaleL 0–12,000[6][7]
April 28, 1877PrincetonCambridge, MA (rivalry)W 1–02,500[8]

References

  1. "1876 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Football". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. October 28, 1876. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Foot-Ball Match". The Evening Star. Montreal, Quebec. October 30, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Football". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. October 30, 1876. p. 1. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Game Between The Harvard and Yale Clubs At Hamilton Park - Yale Wins". New York Herald. November 19, 1876. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Foot Ball.—The Yales Defeat Harvard and Princeton Defeats Columbia". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1876. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. "General Notes". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. April 30, 1877. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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