1983 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

1983 Harvard Crimson football

Ivy League co-champion

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 6–2–2 (5–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Joe Restic (13th season)

Captain| Joseph K. Azelby
Home stadium| Harvard Stadium

Seasons

<- 1982

1984 ->

1983 Ivy League football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Harvard \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 2
Penn \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Dartmouth | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Cornell | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Princeton | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Columbia | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 2
Yale | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1983 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard was co-champion of the Ivy League.

In their 13th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents 188 to 140. Joseph K. Azelby was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 5–1–1 conference record tied for best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 147 to 88.[2] Harvard defeated its co-champion, Penn, in their head-to-head matchup.

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 17 |  Columbia |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 43–14|  8,500 |  [3]
September 24 |  UMass* |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 7–21|  12,500 |  [4]
October 1 |  Army* |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| W 24–21|  15,000 |  [5]
October 8 | at Cornell |

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| T 3–3|  11,350 |  [6]
October 15 |  Dartmouth |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 12–28|  22,724 |  [7]
October 22 |  Princeton |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| W 28–26|  15,500 |  [8]
October 29 | at Brown |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI

| W 17–10|  13,100 |  [9]
November 5 |  No. 2 Holy Cross* |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| T 10–10|  8,000 |  [10]
November 12 |  Penn |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| W 28–0|  12,000 |  [11]
November 19 | at Yale |

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (The Game)

| W 16–7|  70,097 |  [12]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. ^ Visser, Lesley (September 18, 1983). "Harvard Gets the Bounces". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 25, 1983). "UMass Starts Fast, Outflexes Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 2, 1983). "Harvard Recovers -- Dixon Interception Ties It; Villanueva FG Wins It". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 9, 1983). "Harvard Kicks In, Gets Even". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 55 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 16, 1983). "Dartmouth 'Back' in Ivy League Title Hunt; Polsinello, Fontes Lead Big Green Past Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Powers, John (October 23, 1983). "Harvard Holds Off Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Powers, John (October 30, 1983). "Harvard Screens Out Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 6, 1983). "Harvard Ties HC, 10-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 13, 1983). "Harvard Rips Penn, Ties Up Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Apple, Ginny (November 20, 1983). "The Game: Harvard Wins, 16-7, Shares Ivy Title". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 - 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

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1873
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National championship seasons in bold

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Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS|

* Yale (1956)
* Princeton (1957)
* Dartmouth (1958)
* Penn (1959)
* Yale (1960)
* Columbia & Harvard (1961)
* Dartmouth (1962)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
* Princeton (1964)
* Dartmouth (1965)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
* Yale (1967)
* Harvard & Yale (1968)
* Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
* Dartmouth (1970)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
* Dartmouth (1972)
* Dartmouth (1973)
* Yale (1974)
* Harvard (1975)
* Yale & Brown (1976)
* Yale (1977)
* Dartmouth (1978)
* Yale (1979)
* Yale (1980)
* Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS|

* Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
* Harvard & Penn (1983)
* Penn (1984)
* Penn (1985)
* Penn (1986)
* Harvard (1987)
* Penn & Cornell (1988)
* Yale & Princeton (1989)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
* Dartmouth (1991)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
* Penn (1993)
* Penn (1994)
* Princeton (1995)
* Dartmouth (1996)
* Harvard (1997)
* Penn (1998)
* Brown & Yale (1999)
* Penn (2000)
* Harvard (2001)
* Penn (2002)
* Penn (2003)
* Harvard (2004)
* Brown (2005)
* Princeton & Yale (2006)
* Harvard (2007)
* Harvard & Brown (2008)
* Penn (2009)
* Penn (2010)
* Harvard (2011)
* Penn (2012)
* Harvard & Princeton (2013)
* Harvard (2014)
* Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
* Princeton & Penn (2016)
* Yale (2017)
* Princeton (2018)
* Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
* Yale (2022)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
* Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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