1915 Harvard Crimson football team
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| 1915 Harvard Crimson football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 8–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Eddie Mahan |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||
| Cornell | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Columbia | – | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Harvard | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Carnegie Tech | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Villanova | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Washington & Jefferson | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Colgate | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Syracuse | – | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||
| Dartmouth | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Tufts | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||
| Penn State | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||
| Lafayette | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Princeton | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||
| Franklin & Marshall | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||
| Temple | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
| Geneva | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Wesleyan | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Allegheny | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Swarthmore | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Army | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||
| Lehigh | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||
| Holy Cross | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
| Brown | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||
| Fordham | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||
| NYU | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||
| Middlebury | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||
| Muhlenberg | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| Yale | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| Boston College | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||
| Penn | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||
| WPI | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||
| Buffalo | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| Carlisle | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||
| Rhode Island State | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| New Hampshire | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||
| Gettysburg | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||
| Rochester | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||
| Bucknell | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||
| Vermont | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||
| Williams | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||
The 1915 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1915 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–1 record under eighth-year head coach Percy Haughton. The sole loss was a 10–0 defeat against Cornell.[1] [2] Walter Camp selected three Harvard players (tackle Joseph Gilman, halfback Richard King and fullback Eddie Mahan) as first-team members of his 1915 College Football All-America Team.
Schedule
[edit ]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25 | Colby | W 39–6 | |||
| October 2 | Massachusetts |
| W 7–0 | ||
| October 9 | Carlisle |
| W 29–7 | ||
| October 16 | Virginia |
| W 9–0 | [3] | |
| October 23 | Cornell |
| L 0–10 | 25,000 | [4] |
| October 30 | Penn State |
| W 13–0 | 22,000 | |
| November 6 | at Princeton | W 10–6 | |||
| November 13 | Brown |
| W 16–7 | ||
| November 20 | Yale |
| W 41–0 | 49,000 | [5] |
References
[edit ]- ^ "1915 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Harvard full back beats U. of VA., 9–0". The New York Times. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Melville E. Webb Jr. (October 24, 1915). "Ithaca Wins After 25 Years of Trying". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Rips Yale to Bits; Wins 41 to 0". New York Tribune. November 21, 1915. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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