1980 Harvard Crimson football team

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1980 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Ivy League
Record7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainCharles F. Durst
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
Seasons
←  1979
1981  →
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Cornell 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
Harvard 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
Brown 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Princeton 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –04 –6 –0
Penn 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Columbia 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their tenth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 159 to 138. Charles F. Durst was the team captain. [1]

Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were evenly matched by Ivy opponents, with 106 points scored and 106 points against. [2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Crimson played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 26–6 10,000 [3]
September 27 Holy Cross *
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–13 18,000 [4]
October 4 at Army *
W 15–10 38,479 [5]
October 11 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 20–12 10,000 [6]
October 18 at Dartmouth
L 12–30 20,000 [7]
October 25 at Princeton
L 3–7 6,868 [8]
November 1 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 17–16 16,000 [9]
November 8 William & Mary *
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 24–13 10,000 [10]
November 15 at Penn
W 28–17 5,917 [11]
November 22 Yale
L 0–14 41,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

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. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Verigan, Bill (September 21, 1980). "Harvard Rolls Up 394 Total Yards as Hapless Columbia Falls 26-6". Daily News . New York, N.Y. Sports p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (September 28, 1980). "HC Can't Convert; Harvard Escapes". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 5, 1980). "Harvard Surprises Army". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (October 12, 1980). "Harvard Rolls On". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (October 19, 1980). "Dartmouth Rips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 26, 1980). "Harvard Falls Again". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Powers, John (November 2, 1980). "Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Visser, Lesley (November 9, 1980). "Harvard Tops Wm. & Mary". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Visser, Lesley (November 16, 1980). "Harvard Rally Beats Penn". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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