1879 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

1879 Harvard Crimson football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–1–2
Head coach|

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Captain| Robert Bacon
Home stadium| Boston Baseball Grounds

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1879 college football records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 1
Haverford |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 2
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
McGill |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
Toronto |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
Stevens |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 5
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 3
Pennsylvania Military |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1
Racine |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 2

The 1879 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1879 college football season. They finished with a 2–1–2 record.[1][2] The team captain was Robert Bacon.[2]

On November 8, Harvard and Yale played to a scoreless tie before a crowd of between 1,500 and 2,000 spectators at Hamilton Park in New Haven. Yale captain Walter Camp drop-kicked the ball through the uprights, but the goal was disallowed when the referee ruled the ball had touched a Harvard player.

On November 15, Harvard lost to Princeton before a crowd of 3,000 persons at St. George's Cricket Ground in Hoboken. Princeton scored one goal, and Harvard scored none.[3]

## Schedule

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October 25| 3:15 p.m.| Britannia Football Club|

* Boston Baseball Grounds
* Boston, MA

| W 2–0| 600| [4][5]
November 1| 3:20 p.m.| at Britannia Football Club|

* Cricket grounds
* Montreal, QC

| W 1–0| | [6][7]
November 3| | at McGill| Montreal, QC| T 0–0| | [8]
November 8| | at Yale|

* Hamilton Park
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| T 0–0| 1,500–2,000| [9]
November 15| 3:10 p.m.| vs. Princeton|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)

| L 0–1| 3,000| [10]

## References

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1. ^ "1879 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. ^ a b "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. ^ "Collegians As Kickers: Princeton and Harvard Competing at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. November 16, 1879. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "The Harvards Defeat The Britannia Club, Of Montreal, In A Match". New York Herald. New York, New York. October 26, 1879. p. 12. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Sports Of The Students". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 26, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "The Football Match. Harvard vs. Britannia – An Even Game". The Star. Montreal, Quebec. November 3, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Football.—Harvard Vs. Britannia". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. November 3, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Football.—The Harvards Play A Draw Game With The M'Gill College Team, Of Montreal". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 4, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Football: Annual Match Between the Teams of Yale and Harvard". New York Daily Herald. November 9, 1879. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Collegians As Kickers". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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Harvard Crimson football

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* Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881)
* Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888)
* Jarvis Field (1883–1893)
* Soldier's Field (1894–1903)
* Harvard Stadium (1903–present)

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* 1920 Rose Bowl
* Dartmouth
* Penn
* Princeton
* Yale

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* 1874 McGill game
* 1921 Centre game
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