1982 Harvard Crimson football team

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1982 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference Ivy League
Record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Brown
Home stadium Harvard Stadium
Seasons
←  1981
1983  →
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard + 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Penn + 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Dartmouth + 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Yale 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Brown 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1982 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.

In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 259 to 136. Greg Brown was the team captain. [1]

Harvard's 5–2 conference record put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 191 to 88. [2] Despite having the best in-conference and overall point differentials of the three, Harvard lost its head-to-head matchups against both of its co-champions, Dartmouth and Penn.

This was Harvard's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1873.

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 27–16 8,500 [3]
September 25 UMass *
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 31–14 12,500 [4]
October 2 2:00 p.m. at Army *
L 13–17 39,830 [5]
October 9 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 25–13 8,000 [6]
October 16 at Dartmouth
L 12–14 17,416 [7]
October 23 at Princeton
W 27–15 19,824 [8]
October 30 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–0 18,000 [9]
November 6 at No. 7 Holy Cross *
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 24–17 20,681 [10]
November 13 at Penn
L 21–23 34,746 [11]
November 20 Yale
W 45–7 40,000 [12]

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. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Duffy, Bob (September 19, 1982). "Harvard Flexes Its Muscle". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Duffy, Bob (September 26, 1982). "Allard Sets Harvard Record". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Craig, Jack (October 3, 1982). "Army Stymies Harvard Drive". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Harvard Reigns, Blows off Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 10, 1982. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1982). "Dartmouth Stiffens, Holds Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 24, 1982). "Harvard Breaks Hex". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Concannon, Joe (October 31, 1982). "Harvard D-Feats Brown for a Piece of First". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (November 7, 1982). "Allard, Harvard Make History". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Logan, Joe (November 14, 1982). "Penn Trips Harvard, Clinches Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Apple, Ginny (November 21, 1982). "Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.
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