1896 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1896 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1896 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–4 record under first-year head coach Bert Waters. The team won its first six games, but lost four of the final five games, including losses to rivals Princeton and Penn.[1][2]

1896 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record7–4
Head coachBert Waters (1st season)
CaptainEdgar Wrightington
Home stadiumSoldiers' Field
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham      1 0 0
Lafayette      11 0 1
Princeton      10 0 1
Penn      14 1 0
Yale      13 1 0
Pittsburgh College      11 2 0
Buffalo      8 1 2
Army      3 2 1
Boston College      5 3 0
Storrs      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 2
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      10 4 0
Harvard      7 4 0
Temple      3 2 0
Carlisle      5 5 0
Rutgers      6 7 0
Brown      4 5 1
Wesleyan      4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall      3 4 2
Geneva      3 4 0
Penn State      3 4 0
Colgate      3 4 1
Amherst      3 6 1
Holy Cross      1 3 2
Western Univ. Penn.      3 6 0
Lehigh      2 5 0
Tufts      2 6 1
New Hampshire      1 4 0
Massachusetts      0 4 0
Rhode Island      0 4 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26 WilliamsW 6–0
October 3 Trinity (CT)
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 34–0
October 7 Newton A.C.
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 18–0
October 10 Wesleyan
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 28–0
October 17 Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 12–0
October 24at Cornell
W 13–4
October 28vs. Harvard alumni L 5–8
October 31 Carlisle
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 4–0
November 7 Princeton
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
L 0–12
November 14 Boston Athletic
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 6–8
November 21at PennL 6–8
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References

  1. "1896 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.
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