1896 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1896 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1896 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–4 record under first-year head coach Bert Waters. The team won its first six games, but lost four of the final five games, including losses to rivals Princeton and Penn.^[1][2]

1896 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Bert Waters (1st season)
Captain	Edgar Wrightington
Home stadium	Soldiers' Field
Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Williams	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 6–0
October 3		Trinity (CT)	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 34–0
October 7		Newton A.C.	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 18–0
October 10		Wesleyan	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 28–0
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Brown	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 12–0	4,000	[3][4][5]
October 24		at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 13–4
October 28		vs. Harvard alumni		L 5–8
October 31		Carlisle	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 4–0
November 7		Princeton	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–12	20,000	[6]
November 14		Boston Athletic Association	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 6–8
November 21		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–8
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1896 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. "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Brown Loses The Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Princeton, 12; Harvard, 0". Boston Post. November 8, 1896. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.