1878 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1878 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1878 college football season. They finished with a 1–2 record.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Livingston Cushing.[1]

1878 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1878 record1–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLivingston Cushing
Home stadiumBoston Baseball Grounds
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   –  6 –0 –0
Yale   –  4 –1 –1
Columbia   –  0 –0 –1
CCNY   –  1 –1 –0
Stevens   –  1 –1 –2
Harvard   –  1 –2 –0
Penn   –  1 –2 –1
Rutgers   –  1 –2 –1
Amherst   –  1 –3 –0
Brown   –  0 –1 –0
Swarthmore   –  0 –1 –0

On November 9, Harvard opened its football season with a victory over Amherst at Boston's South End Grounds. Harvard scored three goals and three touchdowns and held Amherst scoreless.[3]

On November 16, Harvard lost to Princeton in a game played before approximately 1,000 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. The New York Herald called it "a magnificent contest."[4]

One week later, on November 23, Harvard lost to Yale before 700 spectators at the Boston Baseball Grounds. Yale won on a kick for goal.[5]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 9Amherst
W 3–0[6]
November 162:30 p.m.Princeton
  • Boston Baseball Grounds
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–11,000[7][8]
November 23Yale
  • Boston Baseball Grounds
  • Boston MA (rivalry)
L 0–1700[9][10]

References
  1. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. "1878 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Football -- Harvard vs. Amherst". Boston Post. November 11, 1878. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Football: Teams of Harvard and Princeton Colleges Play at Cambridge". New York Herald. November 17, 1878. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Harvard Beaten at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. November 24, 1878. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Foot-ball—Harvard And Amherst At The Boston Grounds—Harvard Wins". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. "Fall Sports.—Princeton Defeats Harvard at Foot-Ball". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  9. "Football—Yale And Harvard Teams—Play For The College Championship—An Exciting Game—Yale The Winner". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 24, 1878. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. "A Match of Ball Between the Colleges". The Daily Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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