1887 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1887 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1887 college football season. They finished with a 10–1 record. In the first 10 games of the season, the Crimson outscored opponents 652 to 6.^[1][2] The sole loss came in the final game on November 24, 1887, a 17-8 loss against Yale in New York, New York.^[3]

1887 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Jarvis Field
Seasons ← 1886 1888 →

1887 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					3	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5		at Tufts	Medford, MA	W 86–0
October 12		at Phillips Exeter	Exeter, NH	W 68–0
October 15		MIT	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 62–0
October 19		Williams	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 52–6
October 22		Amherst	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 98–0
October 26		Tufts	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 68–0
October 29		Phillips Exeter	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 54–0
November 5		Wesleyan	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 110–0		^[4]
November 12		Princeton	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 12–0		^[5]
November 19		Penn	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 42–0		^[6]
November 24	2:00 p.m.	vs. Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 8–17	15,000	^[3]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1887 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. . GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Yale Outplays Harvard". The New York Times. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Harvard Vs. Wesleyan". The Sun. November 6, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Harvard Winning At Football". New York Daily Tribune. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Foot-Ball At Cambridge". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.