1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[1] The team captain was William A. Whiting.^[2]

1875 Harvard Crimson football
Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875
National champion (NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	4–0
Head coach	None
Captain	William A. Whiting
Seasons ← 1874 1876 →

1875 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					4	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					1	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					2	–	2	–	0
Stevens			–					3	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	1	–	0
Bates			–					0	–	1	–	0
Canada All-Stars			–					0	–	2	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 23	at Canada All-Stars	Montreal, QC	W 1–0
October 27	at Tufts	Medford, MA	W 1–0
November 13	at Yale	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 4–0	[3][4]
May 8, 1876	Canada All-Stars	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 1–0

News about the Harvard v Yale game played under the "concessionary rules". It is considered the first rugby-style game between US-based colleges

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Results". Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
3. "Football Game Between Harvard and Yale Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Foot Ball.—The Match Between Harvard And Yale – Harvard Victorious". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1875. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .