1997 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.[1]

1997 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
1997 record	9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jay Mills (2nd season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

1997 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Harvard $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Dartmouth		6	–	1					8	–	2
Penn *		5	–	2					6	–	4
Brown		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion * Penn was forced to forfeit five conference and one non-conference wins due to use of an ineligible player after season was over

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 45–7
September 27	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 35–30
October 4	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 20–24
October 11	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 34–9
October 18	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 52–24
October 25	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 14–12
November 1	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 24–0
November 8	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–10
November 15	Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 33–0
November 22	Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 17–7
*Non-conference game

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References

1. "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Coaching Records". Harvard. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
2. "1997 Harvard football Schedule". Harvard. Retrieved January 17, 2019.