1937 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1937 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 46.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1937 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1937 record5–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1937 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh    9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova    8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham    7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth    7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross    8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)    6 1 1
No. 12 Yale    6 1 1
Army    7 2 0
Boston University    6 2 0
Cornell    5 2 1
Harvard    5 2 1
Syracuse    5 2 1
CCNY    5 2 0
No. 12 Manhattan    6 3 1
Penn State    5 3 0
Duquesne    6 4 0
Brown    5 4 0
NYU    5 4 0
Temple    3 2 4
Boston College    4 4 1
Bucknell    3 3 2
Buffalo    4 4 0
Princeton    4 4 0
Tufts    3 4 1
Colgate    3 5 0
Columbia    2 5 2
Hofstra    2 4 0
Carnegie Tech    2 5 1
Penn    2 5 1
Providence    2 6 0
Vermont    2 6 0
La Salle    2 7 0
Massachusetts State    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Springfield (MA)W 54–0
October 9Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–7
October 16vs. NavyT 0–0
October 23 No. 18 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 2–20
October 30at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 34–648,000[3]
November 6Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 6–7
November 13Davidson
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 15–0
November 20 No. 5 Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 13–6
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1937 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. "Harvard Runs Wild to Rout Tigers, 34-6". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. October 31, 1937. p. 29 via Newspapers.com.
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