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1939 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 67.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Bates
W 20–0
October 14at Chicago
W 61–0
October 21Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–22
October 28Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–16
November 4at Princeton
L 6–9[3]
November 11Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 15–0
November 18New Hampshire
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 46–015,000[4][5]
November 25Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–20

References

  1. ^ "1939 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Bob Sylvester (November 5, 1939). "Princeton Beats Harvard, 9 to 6". New York Daily News. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Harvard Leading, 33-0; Macdonald Star". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard—". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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