1900 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1900 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1900 college football season. In its second season under head coach Benjamin Dibblee, Harvard compiled a 10–1 record, shut out seven of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 205 to 44. The 1900 team won its first 10 games, but closed the season with a 28–0 loss against rival Yale.[1][2]

1900 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1900 record	10–1
Head coach	Benjamin Dibblee (2nd season)
Captain	Charles Dudley Daly
Home stadium	Soldiers' Field

1900 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					12	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	2	–	2
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. of Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	6	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					2	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	7	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	4	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	6	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0

Walter Camp selected three Harvard players as first-team selections to his 1900 College Football All-America Team. They were ends John Hallowell and Dave Campbell and quarterback Charles Dudley Daly.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Wesleyan	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 24–0	1,000	[4]
October 3	Williams	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 12–0	1,000	[5]
October 6	Bowdoin	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 12–0	2,500	[6]
October 10	Amherst	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 18–0	800	[7]
October 13	Columbia	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 24–0	8,000	[8]
October 17	Bates	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 41–0	1,500	[9]
October 20	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 29–0	5,000	[10]
October 27	Carlisle	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 17–5	15,000	[11]
November 3	Penn	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 17–5	17,000	[12]
November 10	Brown	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	W 11–6	8,000	[13]
November 24	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–28	> 20,000	[14]

References

1. "1900 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. "Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections". Capital Times. November 23, 1930.
4. "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan 24 to 0". Boston Post. September 30, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
5. "Harvard Defeated Williams 12 to 0, But the Men From Berkshire Outplayed the 'Varsity". Boston Post. October 4, 1900. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
6. "Scores Twice: Harvard Makes Only 12 Points Against Bowdoin". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1900. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
7. "Football Straws: Harvard Shows Up Poorly Against Amherst". The Boston Globe. October 11, 1900. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
8. "Harvard Beats Columbia, 24 to 0". Boston Post. October 14, 1900. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
9. "Round the Ends: Harvard Runs Up Score Against Bates". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1900. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
10. "Harvard, 29; West Point, 0: Crimson Eleven Wins Easily Before 5000 Spectators". Boston Post. October 21, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
11. "Harvard Beats Indians, 17 to 5". Boston Post. October 28, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
12. "Details of Harvard Victory: U. of P.'s "Guards Back" Easily Broken, The Result Was Never in Doubt". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1900. p. 24 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
13. "Harvard Beats Brown 11 to 6, But Barely Escapes Disaster". Boston Post. November 11, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
14. "Yale Football Champions of 1900: Harvard Beaten in the Annual Game at New Haven". The New York Times. November 25, 1900. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.