1882 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1882 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1882 college football season. They finished with an 8–1 record.^[1][2]

1882 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Holmes Field
Seasons ← 1881 1883 →

1882 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
Colorado College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	0	–	0
Richmond			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbian University			–					0	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					1	–	1	–	0
Northwestern			–					1	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	1	–	1
Amherst			–					2	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					2	–	4	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	2	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Randolph–Macon			–					0	–	1	–	0
Clifton AC			–					0	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					0	–	2	–	0
McGill			–					0	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 11	MIT	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	W 1–0	[3]
October 21	Harvard alumni	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	W 1–0	[4]
October 25	MIT	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	W 3–0	[5]
October 30	McGill	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	W 2–0	[6]
November 4	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 1–0	[7]
November 9	Dartmouth	Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 4–0	[8]
November 11	vs. Columbia	St. George Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 2–0	[9]
November 18	Princeton	Holmes Field, Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 2–1	[10]
November 25	Yale	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	L 0–1	[11]

References

1. "1882 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: The Harvard Eleven Beats the Institute of Technology Team". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1882. p. 12 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
4. "Foot Ball: The Harvard Eleven Play a Spirited Game with Graduates". The Boston Globe. October 22, 1882. p. 12 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
5. "The Harvard Foot Ball Eleven Again Defeat the "Techs"". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1882. p. 6 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
6. "Foot Ball on Holmes Field". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1882. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
7. "Foot Ball: Harvard and Amherst Play for Nearly Two Hours, with the Former Ahead at the Finish". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1882. p. 8 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
8. "The Harvards Give The Dartmouths a Terrible Whipping". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1882. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
9. "Harvard Beats Columbia: A Lively Game of Foot Ball on the St. George Cricket Club Grounds". The New York Times. November 12, 1882. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Harvard and Princeton Play at Foot Ball". The Boston Globe. November 19, 1882. p. 8 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
11. "Yale Defeats Havard in a Game of Foot Ball". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1882. p. 8 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.