2017 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

2017 Harvard Crimson football

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Tim Murphy (24th season)

Offensive coordinator| Joel Lamb (12th season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| Scott Larkee (9th season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Harvard Stadium

Seasons

<- 2016

2018 ->

2017 Ivy League football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 24 Yale $  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Columbia |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Dartmouth |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  |
Penn |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Harvard |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Cornell |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Princeton |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Brown |  | 0  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.

## Schedule

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The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.

Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.[1]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 16| 1:00 p.m.| at Rhode Island*|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| | L 10–17| 3,812
September 23| Noon| Brown|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| NESN+| W 45–28| 10,651
September 30| 2:00 p.m.| at Georgetown*|

* RFK Stadium
* Washington, DC

| STADIUM| W 41–2| 3,256
October 7| 1:30 p.m.| at Cornell|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| ELVN| L 14–17| 7,313
October 14| Noon| Lafayette*|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| NESN| W 38–10| 10,025
October 20| 7:30 p.m.| Princeton|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| NBCSN| L 17–52| 10,114
October 28| Noon| Dartmouth|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| NESN| W 25–22| 11,143
November 4| 1:00 p.m.| at Columbia|

* Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
* New York, NY

| ELVN| W 21–14| 7,011
November 11| Noon| Penn|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| NESN+| L 6–23| 10,122
November 18| 12:30 p.m.| at Yale|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| CNBC| L 3–24| 51,426

* *Non-conference game
* All times are in Eastern time

## Game summaries

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### Rhode Island

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See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

Harvard vs. Rhode Island – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Harvard | 3 | 7 | 0| 0| 10
Rhode Island | 0 | 17 | 0| 0| 17

at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI

* Date: September 16
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezy
* Game attendance: 3,812
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Brown

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See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Brown | 2 | 0 | 0| 26| 28
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17| 7| 45

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

* Date: September 23
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 10,651
* Referee: C. Jebran
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Georgetown

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See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Harvard vs. Georgetown – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Harvard | 14 | 17 | 3| 7| 41
Georgetown | 0 | 2 | 0| 0| 2

at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.

* Date: September 16
* Game time: 2:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 3,256
* Referee: M. Overton
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Cornell

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See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team

Harvard vs. Cornell – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0| 0| 14
Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7| 3| 17

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 7,313
* Referee: J. Gansiejewski
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter

* HAR – L. Northington, 1 yard run, Jake McIntyre XP good, 5:50 (HAR 7–0)

Second quarter

* HAR – Jake Barann, 36 yard pass from Jake Smith, McIntyre XP good, 9:43 (HAR 14–0)
* COR – Jake Jatis, 2 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 3:02 (HAR 14–7)

Third quarter

* COR – Jatis, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 5:45 (TIE 14–14)

Fourth quarter

* COR – Mays, 27 yard field goal, 9:58 (COR 17–14)

### Lafayette

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See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

Lafayette vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Lafayette | 7 | 0 | 3| 0| 10
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 10| 7| 38

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

* Date: October 14
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 10,025
* Referee: T. Kichline
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Princeton

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See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry

Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Princeton | 10 | 21 | 14| 7| 52
Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0| 7| 17

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

* Date: October 20
* Game time: 7:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
* Game attendance: 10,114
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Dartmouth

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See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry

Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0| 8| 22
Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6| 13| 25

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

* Date: October 28
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 11,143
* Referee: H. Wimberg
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Columbia

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See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team

Harvard vs. Columbia – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Harvard | 0 | 14 | 7| 0| 21
Columbia | 7 | 0 | 0| 7| 14

at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY

* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
* Game attendance: 7,011
* Referee: K. Hudson
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Penn

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See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry

Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Penn | 7 | 3 | 10| 3| 23
Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3| 0| 6

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

* Date: November 11
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
* Game attendance: 10,122
* Referee: W. Boyd
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

### Yale ("The Game")

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See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry

Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0| 0| 3
Yale | 0 | 17 | 0| 7| 24

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

* Date: November 18
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 51,426
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

## References

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1. ^ "2017 Harvard Football Schedule". Harvard University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

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* Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881)
* Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888)
* Jarvis Field (1883–1893)
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