1948 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1948 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1948 college football season. In its 1st season under head coach Arthur Valpey, the team compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored by a total of 184 to 130.[1]

1948 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1948 record	4–4
Head coach	Arthur Valpey (1st season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

1948 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
October 2	Columbia		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 33–24
October 9	at Cornell	No. 18	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–40
October 16	at No. 5 Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–20
October 23	Dartmouth		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–14
October 30	Holy Cross		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 20–13
November 6	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–47
November 13	Brown		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 30–19
November 20	Yale		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 20–7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1948 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.