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