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
1888 record	12–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Jarvis Field

1888 Eastern college football independents records
	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
Williams			–					4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	4	–	0
Stevens			–					2	–	7	–	1
Wesleyan			–					2	–	7	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	8	–	1
Worcester Tech			–					1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	7	–	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. 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.