1883 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1883 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, losing its rivalry games against both Princeton and Yale. Randolph M. Appleton was the team captain.^[1][2]

1883 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Jarvis Field
Seasons ← 1882 1884 →

1883 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Gallaudet			–					2	–	0	–	0
Carleton			–					1	–	0	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					1	–	0	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Stevens			–					6	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					1	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan			–					2	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	4	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					1	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					0	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					0	–	1	–	0
Hamline			–					0	–	1	–	0
Lewisburg			–					0	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					0	–	1	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	2	–	0
Columbian University			–					0	–	2	–	0
Georgetown			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6		Wesleyan	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 23–1		[3]
October 13		Penn	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 4–0		[4]
October 17		MIT	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 14–1		[5]
October 20		at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 14–4		[6]
October 27		at Wesleyan	Hartford Ball Club Grounds Hartford, CT	W 19–8		[7]
November 3		Williams	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 37–0	1,000	[8]
November 6		Stevens	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 11–2		[9]
November 17		at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–26		[10]
November 22		Michigan	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 3–0	500	[11][12]
November 29	2:37 p.m.	vs. Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 2–23	nearly 10,000	[13]

References

1. "1883 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: Harvard Defeats Wesleyan in the First Game of the Season". The New York Times. October 7, 1883. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: The Match Between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania". The New York Times. October 14, 1883. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Harvard vs. Technology: The Institute Eleven Beaten 14 to 1 on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1883. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
6. "The Harvard Men Victorious: The Stevens Institute Foot-Ball Team Beaten at Hoboken". The New York Times. October 21, 1883. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Foot Ball by Students: The Harvard Team's Victory Over the Wesleyans in this City on Saturday". The Hartford Courant. October 29, 1883. p. 2.
8. "The Williams Team Beaten: The Harvard Men Win in a Spirited Match Game at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. November 4, 1883. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Harvard Wins at Foot-Ball: Her Team Has No Trouble To Beat The Stevens Institute Eleven". The New York Times. November 7, 1883. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Two Games of Football: Princeton Defeats Harvard and Yale Overwhelms Columbia". The Sun (New York). November 18, 1883. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "An Unfinished Game Between Harvard And Michigan Elevens". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 23, 1883. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "1883 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
13. "Yale Again Victorious". New York Tribune. November 30, 1883. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.