1938 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

1938 Harvard Crimson football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–4
Head coach|

* Dick Harlow (4th season)

Captain| Bobby Green
Home stadium| Harvard Stadium

Seasons

<- 1937

1939 ->

1938 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Worcester Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 18 Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 9 Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 15 Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 12 Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 20 Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 3
Manhattan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
La Salle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Massachusetts State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 106. The season began with four consecutive losses and ended with four consecutive wins.[1][2]

Key players included halfbacks Frank Foley and Torbert "Torby" Macdonald, quarterback Cliff Wilson, ends Don Daughters and Bobby Green (also captain), and guard Nick Mellen.

The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 1| Brown|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 13–20| 25,000| [3]
October 8| Cornell|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 0–20| 35,000| [4]
October 15| Army|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 17–20| 55,000| [5]
October 22|  No. 4 Dartmouth|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 7–13| | [6]
October 29| Princeton| Princeton, NJ (rivalry)| W 26–7| | [7]
November 5| Chicago|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 47–13| 20,000| [8]
November 12| Virginia|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 40–13| 15,000| [9]
November 19| at Yale|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| W 7–0| 62,000| [10]

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "1938 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. ^ "Brown Wins In Harvard Game, 20-13". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 2, 1938. p. IV-1 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Cornell Power Plays Flatten Harvard, 20-0". The New York Daily News. October 9, 1938. p. 38C - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Army Beats Harvard On Late Score, 20-17". New York Daily News. October 16, 1938. p. 82 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Unbeaten Big Green Trims Harvard, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 23, 1938. p. 92 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Harvard Rips Tiger In Big 3 Clash, 26-7". New York Daily News. United Press. October 30, 1938. p. 39C - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Maroon Lead Fades; Lose To Harvard, 47-13". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. II-2 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "U. Va. Beaten, 40 to 13, By Harvard". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Associated Press. November 13, 1938. pp. II-1, II-5 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Gene Ward (November 20, 1938). "Harvard Gamble Trips Yale, 7-0". New York Daily News. p. 36C - 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
* NFL draftees

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