1982 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1982 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.
1982 Harvard Crimson football | |
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Ivy League co-champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
1982 record | 7–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach | Joe Restic (12th season) |
Captain | Greg Brown |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 259 to 136. Greg Brown was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 5–2 conference record put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 191 to 88.[2] Despite having the best in-conference and overall point differentials of the three, Harvard lost its head-to-head matchups against both of its co-champions, Dartmouth and Penn.
This was Harvard's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1873.
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 18 | Columbia |
| W 27–16 | 8,500 | [3] | ||
September 25 | UMass* |
| W 31–14 | 12,500 | [4] | ||
October 2 | at Army* | L 13–17 | 39,830 | [5] | |||
October 9 | Cornell |
| W 25–13 | 8,000 | [6] | ||
October 16 | at Dartmouth | L 12–14 | 17,416 | [7] | |||
October 23 | at Princeton | W 27–15 | 19,824 | [8] | |||
October 30 | Brown |
| W 34–0 | 18,000 | [9] | ||
November 6 | No. 7 Holy Cross* |
| W 24–17 | 20,681 | [10] | ||
November 13 | at Penn | L 21–23 | 34,746 | [11] | |||
November 20 | Yale |
| W 45–7 | 40,000 | [12] | ||
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References
- "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- Duffy, Bob (September 19, 1982). "Harvard Flexes Its Muscle". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- Duffy, Bob (September 26, 1982). "Allard Sets Harvard Record". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
- Craig, Jack (October 3, 1982). "Army Stymies Harvard Drive". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Harvard Reigns, Blows off Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1982. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
- Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1982). "Dartmouth Stiffens, Holds Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (October 24, 1982). "Harvard Breaks Hex". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (October 31, 1982). "Harvard D-Feats Brown for a Piece of First". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
- Roberts, Ernie (November 7, 1982). "Allard, Harvard Make History". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.
- Logan, Joe (November 14, 1982). "Penn Trips Harvard, Clinches Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
- Apple, Ginny (November 21, 1982). "Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.