1934 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1934 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Eddie Casey, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 84.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1934 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Eddie Casey (4th season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1933 1935 →

1934 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					7	–	0	–	0
La Salle			–					7	–	0	–	1
Washington College			–					5	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Colgate			–					7	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Temple			–					7	–	1	–	2
No. 10 Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	2
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	1	–	1
Rochester			–					5	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					5	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Providence			–					4	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					4	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bates			–					3	–	3	–	1
Middlebury			–					3	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Williams			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	4	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colby			–					3	–	4	–	0
Springfield			–					2	–	3	–	3
Manhattan			–					3	–	5	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	4	–	2
Wesleyan			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Saint Joseph's			–					2	–	5	–	1
Cornell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	0
Norwich			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bowdoin			–					0	–	6	–	1
Lowell Textile			–					0	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Bates	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 12–0
October 13	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0
October 20	Holy Cross	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–26
October 27	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–10	35,000	[3]
November 3	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–19	35,000	[4]
November 10	Army	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–27
November 17	New Hampshire	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 47–3	15,000	[5][6][7]
November 24	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–14

References

1. "1934 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
3. Fleisher, Walter (October 28, 1934). "Dartmouth Halts Harvard by 10-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. "Tigers Defeat Harvard, 19-0: Princeton's Power Finally Cracks Defense of Old Foe Before 35,000". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. November 4, 1934. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard-N. H." The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. Sullivan, Donal M. (November 17, 1934). "Harvard—". The Boston Globe. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Eleven Saves Goal Posts By Beating New Hampshire, 47-3". The Baltimore Sun. AP. November 18, 1934. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.