1982 Harvard Crimson football team

1982 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Restic (12th season)
Captain	Greg Brown
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ←  1981 1983  →

1982 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard +	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Penn +	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth +	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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	at Army *	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 13–17	39,830	[5]
October 9	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 25–13	8,000	[6]
October 16	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 12–14	17,416	[7]
October 23	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	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	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 21–23	34,746	[11]
November 20	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 45–7	40,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the 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. 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.