1938 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1938 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 106.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1938 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Dick Harlow (4th season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–20
October 8	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–20
October 15	Army	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 17–20
October 22	No. 4 Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–13
October 29	Princeton	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 26–7
November 5	Chicago	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 47–13	20,000	^[3]
November 12	Virginia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 40–13
November 19	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 7–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
2. . GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
3. "Maroon Lead Fades; Lose To Harvard, 47-13". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.