1888 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season. They finished with a 12–1 record. The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst on November 3. The Crimson suffered its sole loss, to Princeton, losing by an 18–6 score on November 17. Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn by a 50–0 score.^[1][2]

1888 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	12–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Jarvis Field, Holmes Field
Seasons ← 1887 1889 →

1888 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	4	–	0
Wesleyan			–					2	–	7	–	0
Worcester Tech			–					1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Penn State			–					0	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	at WPI	Worcester, MA	W 70–0	4,000	[3]
October 13	MIT	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 18–0		[4]
October 17	at Phillips Exeter	Exeter, NH	W 39–6		[5]
October 20	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	W 34–0		[6]
October 24	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	W 14–6		[7]
October 25	at Andover	Andover, MA	W 66–0		[8]
October 27	WPI	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	W 68–0		[9]
October 30	Dartmouth	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 74–0		[10]
October 31	MIT	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 42–0		[11]
November 3	Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 102–0		[12]
November 10	Wesleyan	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 50–2		[13]
November 17	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 6–18		[14][15]
November 19	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 50–0		[16][17]

References

1. "1888 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. "Touchdowns at Worcester: Sam Winslow Referees, and Harvard Wins from "Tech"". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
4. "Harvard Wins: The Crimson Eleven Makes a Great Brace for Victory". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
5. "Scored Against Harvard: Phillips Exeter Team Beaten by Varsity Boys, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
6. "Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0: Cambridge Kickers Show their Mettle at Middletown". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
7. "Foot Ball in the Mud: Harvard Varsity Eleven Defeats Williams, 14 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
8. "Harvard at Andover: Varsity Eleven Defeats Phillips by 66 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1888. p. 11 – via NewspaperArchive.
9. "Harvard, 68; Worcester Tech, 0". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1888. p. 6 – via NewspaperArchive.
10. "Victory for Harvard: Dartmouth Receives a Severe Drubbing on Holmes Field". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.
11. "Hot Foot Ball Work: Harvards Shut Out the "Techs" by a Score of 42 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 1, 1888. p. 10 – via NewspaperArchive.
12. "Big Score by Harvard: Amherst Defeated to the Tune of 102 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1888. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.
13. "Football in Mud". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
14. "Triumphant Princeton". New York Daily Tribune. November 18, 1888. p. 2.
15. "'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!Siss-s-s-s Boom Ah! Princeton". The Boston Daily Globe. November 18, 1888. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
16. "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperArchive.