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
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1982 record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coachJoe Restic (12th season)
CaptainGreg Brown
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + – Conference co-champions

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 27–16 8,500 [3]
September 25 UMass*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 31–14 12,500 [4]
October 2 at Army*
L 13–17 39,830 [5]
October 9 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
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
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–0 18,000 [9]
November 6 No. 7 Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
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]

References
  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Duffy, Bob (September 19, 1982). "Harvard Flexes Its Muscle". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Duffy, Bob (September 26, 1982). "Allard Sets Harvard Record". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Craig, Jack (October 3, 1982). "Army Stymies Harvard Drive". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Harvard Reigns, Blows off Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1982. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1982). "Dartmouth Stiffens, Holds Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (October 24, 1982). "Harvard Breaks Hex". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Concannon, Joe (October 31, 1982). "Harvard D-Feats Brown for a Piece of First". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 7, 1982). "Allard, Harvard Make History". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Logan, Joe (November 14, 1982). "Penn Trips Harvard, Clinches Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Apple, Ginny (November 21, 1982). "Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.
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