1934 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

1934 Harvard Crimson football

Conference| Independent
Record| 3–5
Head coach|

* Eddie Casey (4th season)

Home stadium| Harvard Stadium

Seasons

<- 1933

1935 ->

1934 Eastern college football independents records

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
La Salle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 1
Washington College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 8 Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 5 Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 15 Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 10 Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 2
No. 14 Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Northeastern |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Rochester |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Saint Anselm |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Massachusetts State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bates |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Middlebury |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colby |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Springfield |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 3
Manhattan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Saint Joseph's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Norwich |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Bowdoin |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 6  | - | 1
Lowell Textile |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Eddie Casey, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 84.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 6| Bates|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 12–0| |
October 13| Brown|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 13–0| |
October 20| Holy Cross|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 6–26| |
October 27| Dartmouth|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 0–10| 35,000| [3]
November 3| Princeton|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 0–19| 35,000| [4]
November 10| Army|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 6–27| |
November 17| New Hampshire|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 47–3| 15,000| [5][6][7]
November 24| at Yale|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| L 0–14| |

## References

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1. ^ "1934 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
3. ^ Fleisher, Walter (October 28, 1934). "Dartmouth Halts Harvard by 10-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. ^ "Tigers Defeat Harvard, 19-0: Princeton's Power Finally Cracks Defense of Old Foe Before 35,000". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. November 4, 1934. p. 43 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard-N. H." The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
6. ^ Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard—". The Boston Globe. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2020 - via newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Harvard Eleven Saves Goal Posts By Beating New Hampshire, 47-3". The Baltimore Sun. AP. November 18, 1934. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2020 - via newspapers.com.

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Harvard Crimson football

Venues|

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

Bowls and rivalries|

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

Culture and lore|

* "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard"
* 1874 McGill game
* 1921 Centre game
* 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29)
* 2004 Harvard–Yale prank

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* Head coaches
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