The 1878 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1878 college football season. They finished with a 1–2 record.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Livingston Cushing.[1]
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–2 |
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| Captain | Livingston Cushing |
| Home stadium | Boston Baseball Grounds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On November 9, Harvard opened its football season with a victory over Amherst at Boston's South End Grounds. Harvard scored three goals and three touchdowns, holding Amherst scoreless.[3]
On November 16, Harvard lost to Princeton in a game played before approximately 1,000 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. The New York Herald called it "a magnificent contest."[4]
One week later, on November 23, Harvard lost to Yale before 700 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. Yale won with a kick for goal.[5]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| November 9 | Amherst | W 3–0 | [6] | |||
| November 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| L 0–1 | 1,000 | [7][8] |
| November 23 | Yale |
| L 0–1 | 700 | [9][10] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "1878 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Football -- Harvard vs. Amherst". Boston Post. November 11, 1878. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football: Teams of Harvard and Princeton Colleges Play at Cambridge". New York Herald. November 17, 1878. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Beaten at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. November 24, 1878. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Foot-ball—Harvard And Amherst At The Boston Grounds—Harvard Wins". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Fall Sports.—Princeton Defeats Harvard at Foot-Ball". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Football—Yale And Harvard Teams—Play For The College Championship—An Exciting Game—Yale The Winner". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 24, 1878. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "A Match of Ball Between the Colleges". The Daily Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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