1925 Harvard Crimson football team

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1925 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainMarion A. Cheek
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Dartmouth     8 0 0
Fordham     9 1 0
No. 4 Colgate     7 0 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
No. 11 Lafayette     7 1 1
Springfield     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Penn     7 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
NYU     6 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 1
Carnegie Tech     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
Bucknell     7 3 1
Columbia     6 3 1
Muhlenberg     6 3 1
Temple     5 2 2
Harvard     4 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     5 4 0
Brown     5 4 1
Penn State     4 4 1
Buffalo     3 4 1
St. John's     3 4 0
Lehigh     3 5 1
Vermont     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 0
Providence     2 7 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Manhattan     1 6 1
Tufts     1 6 0
Drexel     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Bob Fisher, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 88.[1] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3RPIW 18–6[2]
October 10Middlebury
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 68–0[3]
October 17Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 6–750,000[4]
October 24Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 9–3253,000[5]
October 31William & Mary
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–7[6]
November 7at PrincetonL 0–3655,000[7]
November 14at Brown
W 3–0[8]
November 21Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
T 0–052,000[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "Crimson Opens With 18-6 Win In Sea of Mud". Buffalo Courier. October 4, 1925. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Harvard Looses Powerful Attack". The Hartford Courant. October 11, 1925. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross Snatches Victory From Harvard". New York Daily News. October 18, 1925. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Crushed by Dartmouth Green's Third Straight Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1925. pp. 25, 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "William & Mary Holds Harvard To One Touchdown Lead". Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). November 1, 1925. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ James Isaminger (November 8, 1925). "Princeton Tigers Feast On Johnny Harvard: Crimson Suffers Its Worst Defeat From Hands of Bengals". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Harvard Wins By Field Goal Over Brown". The Pittsburgh Press. November 15, 1925. p. Sporting 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Harvard Holds Yale to 0-0 as Deadlock in Game of Many Sensations and Thrills". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 22, 1925. pp. 1S, 4S – via Newspapers.com.