1968 Harvard Crimson football team

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1968 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference Ivy League
Record8–0–1 (6–0–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainVictor E. Gatto Jr.
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard + 6 0 18 0 1
Yale + 6 0 18 0 1
Penn 5 2 07 2 0
Princeton 4 3 04 5 0
Dartmouth 3 4 04 5 0
Columbia 2 5 02 7 0
Cornell 1 6 03 6 0
Brown 0 7 02 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1968 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard was co-champion of the Ivy League.

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In their 12th year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled an 8–0–1 record and outscored opponents 236 to 90. Vic Gatto was the team captain. [1]

Both Harvard and Yale were unbeaten entering their season-ending rivalry matchup. Their 29–29 tie resulted in identical 6–0–1 conference records, and in both teams being named co-champions of the league. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 150 to 70. [2] The final game inspired The Harvard Crimson headline "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29", and a 2008 documentary film of the same name.

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones was a starting guard on the team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Holy Cross *
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 27–20 23,000 [3]
October 5 Bucknell *
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 59–0 12,000 [4]
October 12 at Columbia W 21–14 17,182 [5]
October 19 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 10–0 15,000 [6]
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 22–7 39,000 [7]
November 2 Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 28–6 25,000 [8]
November 9 at Princeton W 9–7 36,000 [9]
November 16 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 31–7 16,000 [10]
November 23 Yale
T 29-29 40,280 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

Awards

All-Ivy League 1st team

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References

  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Keese, Parton (September 29, 1968). "Crimson Tops Holy Cross". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Montville, Leigh (October 6, 1968). "Harvard Runs Roughshod over Bucknell, 59-0". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 59 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Wallace, William N. (October 13, 1968). "Harvard Topples Columbia, 21 to 14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. McGowen, Deane (October 20, 1968). "Harvard Downs Cornell by 10-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 27, 1968). "Harvard Stays Undefeated; Dartmouth Routed, 22-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Keese, Parton (November 3, 1968). "Harvard Remains Undefeated, 28-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Anderson, Dave (November 10, 1968). "Princeton Loses, 9-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Strauss, Michael (November 17, 1968). "Harvard Scores over Brown, 31-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Cady, Steve (November 24, 1968). "Harvard Ties Yale, 29-29, on Last Play of the Game; Crimson Tallies Twice in 42 Seconds". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.